Gleirschbach (Zirmbach)
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| Water code | AT : 2-8-135-22-6 | |
| location | Stubai Alps , Tyrol , Austria | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Zirmbach → Melach → Inn → Danube → Black Sea | |
| origin | at Gleirscher Ferner 47 ° 7 '13 " N , 11 ° 4' 28" E |
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| Source height | 2680 m above sea level A. | |
| muzzle | near St. Sigmund im Sellrain in the Zirmbach Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '6 " N , 11 ° 6' 22" E 47 ° 12 '6 " N , 11 ° 6' 22" E |
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| Mouth height | 1485 m above sea level A. | |
| Height difference | 1195 m | |
| Bottom slope | 10% | |
| length | 11.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 26.9 km² | |
| Communities | St. Sigmund im Sellrain | |
The Gleirschbach is a right tributary of the Zirmbach in the Stubai Alps in Tyrol .
course
The Gleirschbach rises from the Gleirscher Ferner at an altitude of around 2680 m above sea level. A. and then flows north through the Gleirschtal . Below the Pforzheimer Hütte it takes in the Walfeskarbach from the left as the only major tributary. At St. Sigmund im Sellrain it reaches the Sellraintal and flows into the Zirmbach from the right . Its length is 11.4 km.
Catchment area
The natural catchment area of the Gleirschbach is 26.9 km², of which 1.5 km² (around 6%) are glaciated (as of 1988). The highest point in the catchment area is the Gleirscher Fernerkogel at 3,189 m above sea level. A. About 1.6 km below the confluence of the Walfeskarbach, at an altitude of 1942 m , the Gleirschbach is captured and diverted into the Längental reservoir of the Sellrain-Silz power plant . This reduces the effective catchment area by 17.6 km².
ecology
The banks of the Gleirschbach are mostly in a natural or near-natural state, only the last 500 m before the confluence with the Zirmbach are built. The ecological status is rated as very good above the confluence of the Walfeskarbach, then as good, and below the water catchment as moderate.
Surname
The part of the name "Gleirsch" is traced back to Romanesque glires , which means something like "scree slopes ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f TIRIS - Tyrolean spatial information system
- ^ Max H. Fink, Otto Moog, Reinhard Wimmer: Flowing waters - natural areas of Austria . Federal Environment Agency Monographs Volume 128, Vienna 2000, p. 48 ( PDF; 475 kB )
- ↑ George Hunter: Vordeutsche Almnamen and Alpine farming terms in Tirol (Part I). In: Der Alm- und Bergbauer, episode 6–7 / 01, pp. 23–26 (PDF; 170 kB)