Geringsgraben

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Geringsgraben
Langgraben
Data
Water code DE : 248592
location Rhine-Main lowlands

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at Karben -Kloppenheim
50 ° 13 '42 "  N , 8 ° 43' 14"  O
Source height approx.  150  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Karben in the Nidda coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 58 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 49"  E 50 ° 13 ′ 58 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 49"  E
Mouth height approx.  113  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 37 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 3.3 km

The Geringsgraben , also known as Langgraben , is a three-kilometer-long, right and western tributary of the Nidda in the Hessian Wetteraukreis .

geography

course

The Geringsgraben rises at a height of about 150  m above sea level. NHN north of the wind turbines and south of Ober-Erlenbacher-Strasse in the Karben district of Kloppenheim .

It initially flows in an almost easterly direction through farmland, then crosses under the B 3 , then passes the village of Kloppenheim, which has been brutalized underground, and finally flows into Karben at an altitude of about 113  m above sea level. NHN from the west and right into the Nidda approaching from the north .

The approximately 3.3 km long course of the Schellenberger Bach ends approximately 37 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of approximately 11 ‰.

Nidda river system

places

The Geringsgraben flows through the following localities:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )