Genevabach

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Genevabach
The Geneva stream

The Geneva stream

Data
Water code DE : 28222
location Eifel

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Urft  → Rur  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source northwest of Mülheim
50 ° 27 ′ 14 ″  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 17 ″  E
Source height approx.  551  m above sea level NHN
muzzle in Nettersheim in the Urft coordinates: 50 ° 29 ′ 42 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 49"  E 50 ° 29 ′ 42 "  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 49"  E
Mouth height approx.  443  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 108 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 9.6 km
Catchment area 20.102 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 20.102 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
26.58 l / s
189.22 l / s
9.4 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Frohngauer Bach, Jammerbach, Borbach
Right tributaries Salzbach, Mühlenbach, Hubach, Sitertsiefen
Communities Mülheim , Nettersheim

The Geneva stream is a nearly ten kilometer long, orographically right tributary of the Urft in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany in the area of ​​the communities Blankenheim and Nettersheim .

geography

course

The Geneva stream rises about one kilometer northwest of Mülheim in the area of ​​the municipality of Blankenheim . The source is at an altitude of 551  m above sea level. NHN near the federal highway 51 . From here the stream flows east along the main road. After about one kilometer it swings north and takes in several, partly unnamed tributaries. After the Jammerbach flows in from the left, it changes its direction almost to the west through the Genevabachtal nature reserve southeast of Nettersheim . In Nettersheim it flows around the Schelgesberg ( 503.4  m above sea level ), swiveling at a right angle to the north. There it takes up the Sitertsiefen from the right, at the mouth of which it changes its course again to the west, shortly afterwards it flows into the Rur tributary Urft coming from the south .

Catchment area

The catchment area of the Geneva stream is 20.1 km² and drains into the North Sea via Urft, Rur, Maas and Hollands Diep.

It will

limited.

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Geneva stream
Stat. in km
Surname GKZ location Length
in km
EZG
in km²
007.30 Mürelbach 28222-12 Left0 001,9320
005.80 Salzbach 28222-2 right 001,5790
005.30 Frohngau Bach 28222-32 Left0 002,3830
004.80 NN 28222-34 right 000.9920
004.60 Jammerbach 28222-4 Left0 002.9640
003.70 Mühlenbach 28222-6 right 002.0750
002.10 Hubach 28222-8 right 002.8120
001.50 Borbach 28222-92 Left0 002.1820
000.40 Siter depths 28222-94 right 000.9590
000.20 NN 28222-96 right 001.1250

Notes on the table

  1. Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands uniformly for the Genevabach stream that is common to all .

Web links

Commons : Genevabach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Heinz Fischer, Richard Graafen: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 136/137 Cochem. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. →  Online map (PDF; 5.6 MB)
  2. a b German basic map 1: 5000
  3. a b c Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  4. a b ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia ( notes )