Gropenborn

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Gropenborn
Data
location northeast of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony
River system Weser
Drain over Sieber  → Oder  → Rhume  → Leine  → Aller  → Weser  → North Sea
source at Gropenbornskopf
51 ° 41 ′ 34 ″  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 59 ″  E
Source height over  560  m
muzzle Sieber coordinates: 51 ° 42 '2 "  N , 10 ° 25' 59"  E 51 ° 42 '2 "  N , 10 ° 25' 59"  E
Mouth height below  340  m
Height difference 220 m
Bottom slope 11%
length 2 km
Catchment area 90 ha

The Gropenborn is a tributary of the Sieber , northeast of Sieber in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . It rises at an altitude of over 560 m and mostly flows in a north-westerly direction, separating it from the Gropenbornskopf from the Sieber. After almost 2 km of the river, it finally flows into the Sieber at an altitude of less than 340 m in Sieber.

The near-natural Gropenborn is a flowing water of quality class I-II . The dominant group of organisms are caddis flies with 12 species.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation: Water quality report 2003 for the catchment area of ​​the Rhume , p. 99, download as PDF (5479 kB) under Publications on the subject of water quality 2003, volume 7

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  • Topographic map 1: 25000, No. 4228 Riefensbeek
  • Topographic map 1: 25000, No. 4328 Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains