Gleierbach
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Gleierbach upper course Westernahbach |
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.jpg) Westernah near Schmallenberg-Huxel |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 276616 | |
| location | in the Rothaargebirge ; Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Lenne → Ruhr → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | at the Heikersköpfchen in the Rothaargebirge 51 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 14 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 675 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | in the Sauerland valley in Gleidorf in the Lenne coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 18 ′ 44 ″ E 51 ° 9 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 18 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 389 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 286 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 40 ‰ | |
| length | 7.1 km | |
| Catchment area | 10.969 km² | |
| Left tributaries | see table tributaries | |
| Right tributaries | see table tributaries | |
The Gleierbach , also known as the Westernahbach in the upper and middle reaches , is a 7.1 km long right tributary of the Lenne . It flows in the urban area of the Westphalia North Rhine- Hochsauerlandkreis lying Schmallenberg .
geography
course
The Gleierbach rises as a Westernahbach in the Winterberg highlands of the Rothaargebirge . Its source is in the Fredeburg Forest on the western flank of the Heikersköpfchen ( 792.4 m above sea level ) at an altitude of about 675 m .
Initially, the brook, located entirely in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge Nature Park, flows in a south-westerly direction, passes the Schmallenberg district of Huxel and the Holthauser Mühle , after which an unnamed brook flows southeast of the Bad Fredeburg district . Below this the flowing water is only called Gleierbach.
A little later, the brook reaches the district of Gleidorf , located in the Sauerland depressions , where shortly after the uptake of the Schmalnau at around 389 m above sea level, it flows into the Lenne tributary of the Ruhr from east-southeast .
Hydrography and catchment area
On its 7.1 km long path, the stream overcomes a height difference of 276 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 38.9 ‰. It drains a 10.969 km² catchment area via the Lenne, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea .
Tributaries
Numerous short streams flow to the Gleierbach from the surrounding heights. The largest tributary is the 3.2 km long Schmalnau. With a 3.1 km catchment area, it has a 28% share of that of the Gleierbach. The tributaries of the Gleierbach include:
| Surname | page | Stat. ( km ) |
Length ( km ) |
EZG ( km² ) |
Mouth height ( m above sea level ) |
GKZ |
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| Burbecke | Left | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.400 | 410 | 276616-11? |
| Heikerslohsiepen | Left | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.800 | 521 | 276616-12 |
| Jübecke | Left | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.800 | 475 | 276616-14 |
| Eskey | right | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.300 | 463 | 276616-16 |
| NN | right | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.600 | 428 | 276616-18 |
| Schmalnau | Left | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3,100 | 401 | 276616-2 |
Character and water quality
The Gleierbach is a coarse material rich, silicate low mountain range with a largely natural course. According to the monitoring results, its water quality is generally rated as good , and in the case of exposure to metals even as very good . However, the values for the macrophytes are only described as moderate and the values for the phytobenthos even as unsatisfactory .
Protected areas
On Westernahbach, the sliding Erbach Headwaters, the nature reserve is Westernahtal . In the Gleierbach valley system is the nature reserve Talsysteme von Gleierbach (with adjoining lean grassland) and Westernahbach with Jübecke and von Schmalnau with Siepen between Gleidorf and Huxel and Holthausen . There are also parts of the Schmallenberg Southeast protected landscape area .
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d German basic map (DGK 5) in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
- ↑ a b c d e Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
- ↑ Stat. = Water stationing
- ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen is inserted for each river in the water code number (GKZ) after the number “276616”, which stands for the Gleierbach .
- ↑ Type 5: Silicate low mountain streams rich in coarse material. Retrieved August 11, 2016 . from Umweltbundesamt.de (PDF; 138 kB)
- ↑ Table surface water bodies . Archived from the original on July 28, 2014 ; accessed on August 11, 2016 . from Umweltbundesamt.de (PDF; 231.8 kB)
- ^ Profiles of the planning units in the North Rhine-Westphalian parts of the Rhine, Weser, Ems and Maas. Surface waters Obere Lenne PE_RUH_1400 ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , auf russgebiete.nrw.de (PDF; 2.19 MB)
