Holzbach (Auelsbach)

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Holzbach
Data
Water code DE : 2728944
location Lower Rhine Bay

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Auelsbach  → Agger  → Sieg  → Rhine  → North Sea
source west of Heide
50 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 26 ″  E
Source height approx.  156  m above sea level NN
muzzle west of Lohmar in den Auelsbach Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 14 "  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 57"  E 50 ° 50 ′ 14 "  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 57"  E
Mouth height 86  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 70 m
Bottom slope approx. 23 ‰
length 3 km
Catchment area 2.13 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 2.13 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
1.79 l / s
23.62 l / s
11.1 l / (s km²)

The Holzbach is a 3 km long orographic left tributary of the Auelsbach in the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Lohmar , Germany .

geography

course

The Holzbach rises about 600 m west of the Lohmarer district Heide at an altitude of 156  m above sea level. NN . The stream flows mainly in north-westerly directions through an uninhabited valley. After a river stretch of 3 km, the stream flows out at 86  m above sea level. NN left in the Auelsbach .

It overcomes a height difference of 70 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 23.3 ‰.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​around 2 km² lies in the Bergische Heideterrassen and is drained to the North Sea via Auelsbach, Agger , Sieg and Rhine .

It borders

The area is forested in the western part and grassland predominates in the eastern part.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ewald Glässer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 122/123 Cologne / Aachen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1978. →  Online map (PDF; 8.7 MB)
  2. a b German basic map 1: 5000
  3. a b ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia ( notes )
  4. Modeled discharge values according to the specialist information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )