Holzbach (Ehrbach)

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Holzbach
Data
Water code DE : 269922
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Ehrbach  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source South of Mermicherhof
50 ° 10 '43 "  N , 7 ° 35' 11"  O
Source height 449  m above sea level NN
muzzle South of Buchholz in den Ehrbach Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 40 ″  E 50 ° 11 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 40 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  265  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 184 m
Bottom slope approx. 26 ‰
length 7 km
Catchment area 11.695 km²

The Holzbach is a 7 km long orographically right tributary of the Ehrbach in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . Contrary to the stationing of the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority , the creek from the mouth of the Simmersbach is named as Kobelsbach in the topographic map 1: 25,000.

geography

The Holzbach rises about 350 m south of Mermicherhof at an altitude of 449  m above sea level. NN . It initially flows primarily in a north-westerly direction. At the mouth of the Simmersbach , its course turns to the southwest. After about a kilometer further along the river, the stream flows out at 265  m above sea level. NN in the Ehrbach . The mouth is about 1.5 km south of Buchholz .

On its 7 km long path, the stream overcomes a difference in altitude of about 184 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 26.3 ‰. It drains a 11.695 km² catchment area via Ehrbach, Moselle and Rhine to the North Sea .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information ) (query on November 16, 2010)