Gelpe (Morsbach)
Gelpe | ||
Stream of the Gelpe |
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Water code | DE : 273664 | |
location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Morsbach → Wupper → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | At the court of Baur in Wuppertal 51 ° 14 '26 " N , 7 ° 11' 5" E |
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Source height | 302 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | Near Remscheid - Clemenshammer in den Morsbach Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '6 " N , 7 ° 9' 59" E 51 ° 12 '6 " N , 7 ° 9' 59" E |
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Mouth height | 160 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | 142 m | |
Bottom slope | 25 ‰ | |
length | 5.8 km | |
Catchment area | 10.149 km² | |
Big cities | Wuppertal , Remscheid | |
Lichtscheid: source area of the Gelpe |
Tributaries and hydraulic structures
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The Gelpe or also the Gelpebach or Gelper Bach is a brook that is created by the confluence of the right Dornbach, which rises at Lichtscheid, with the left Huckenbach . The stream flows through the Gelpe Valley and is in the lower reaches of the border waters of the cities of Wuppertal and Remscheid , until it flows into the Morsbach from the right in the Remscheid district of Clemenshammer . The Gelpe is approx. 5.8 kilometers long with a gradient of 2.27%. On average, it supplies the Morsbach with 280 liters of water per second.
The upper course is dedicated as a fauna and flora habitat , while the middle and lower course, which is also protected, has a large number of evidence of early industrial history. For more information, see Gelpetal . The water quality is I-II
literature
- Egon Viebahn; Hammers and grinding balls in the Gelpetal ; Born publishing house; Wuppertal 1983; ISBN 3-87093-033-0 (extended new edition 2003)
- Günther Schmidt; Hammer and Kotten research in Remscheid , Volume 3: from Gerstau to Haddenbach with Gelpetal and Ibach ; Publisher: Buchhandlung R. Schmitz; Remscheid; 2002; ISBN 3-9800077-3-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
- ↑ River Area Geoinformation System of the Wupper Association (FluGGS Wupper)
- ^ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW
- ↑ http://www.uvo.nrw.de/
Web links
- Nature reserve "Gelpe (Morsbach)" (W-015) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia