Hammersbach (Krebsbach)
| Hammersbach | ||
|
|
||
| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 2478822 | |
| location |
Rhine-Main lowlands
|
|
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Krebsbach → Fallbach → Kinzig → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | east of Langen-Bergheim 50 ° 14 ′ 22 ″ N , 9 ° 1 ′ 21 ″ E |
|
| Source height | about 180 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | at Marköbel in the Krebsbach coordinates: 50 ° 13 '13 " N , 8 ° 59' 24" E 50 ° 13 '13 " N , 8 ° 59' 24" E |
|
| Mouth height | approx. 120 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 60 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 20 ‰ | |
| length | 3 km | |
| Catchment area | 4.325 km² | |
The Hammersbach is a left tributary of the Krebsbach in the Büdingen-Meerholzer hill country in Hesse .
geography
course
The Hammerbach rises at an altitude of about 180 m above sea level. NN east of Langen-Bergheim a small pond and runs in a south-westerly direction.
It then crosses under the federal motorway 45 and finally flows into the south-eastern outskirts of the Hammersbach district of Marköbel at an altitude of about 120 m above sea level. NN as a left tributary into the Krebsbach . The municipality of Hammersbach is named after him
Its approximately 3 km long run ends 60 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of 20 ‰.
Catchment area
The catchment area of the Hammerbach lies in the Büdingen-Meerholzer hill country and is drained to the North Sea via the Krebsbach, Fallbach , Kinzig , Main and Rhine rivers.
It borders
- in the east to that of the Fallbach , a tributary of the Kinzig
- and otherwise to that of smaller Krebsbach tributaries.
The highest point is the 241.8 m above sea level. NHN high Florstädter Berg in the northeast of the catchment area.
The catchment area is predominantly forested on the upper reaches in the eastern area, otherwise arable land dominates and in the estuary the location of Marköbel dominates.