Käsbach (Scherfbach)

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Käsbach
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Data
Water code DE : 2736866
location Bergische plateaus

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Scherfbach  → Dhünn  → Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at Schallemich
51 ° 1 ′ 32 ″  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height 189.8  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Amtmannscherf in the Scherfbach coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  E 51 ° 1 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 19 ″  E
Mouth height 104.3  m above sea level NN
Height difference 85.5 m
Bottom slope 36 ‰
length 2.4 km
Catchment area 1.901 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 1,901.18 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
1.54 l / s
31.96 l / s
16.8 l / (s km²)

The Käsbach is a good 2.3 km long, south-southeast and orographically left tributary of the Scherfbach and belongs to the river system of the Dhünn , a tributary of the Wupper .

geography

course

The Käsbach rises at an altitude of 189.8  m above sea level. NHN at Schallemich . It flows clockwise around Schallemich and flows out at a height of 104.3  m above sea level. NHN at Amtmannscherf in the Scherfbach.

Catchment area

The catchment area, almost two square kilometers in size, lies in the natural region of the Bechen plateau and is drained into the North Sea via the Scherfbach, Dhünn, Wupper and Rhine rivers.

It will

limited.

In the catchment area, z. Partly chalky clay , silt and sandstones of the Givet stage of the Middle Devonian were shaped. Of soil types clayey and silty dominate pseudogley brown soils with partly high usable field capacity .

The area is mostly forested in the western and northern areas, while in the southern and eastern areas forests, especially in the stream meadows, and agricultural areas alternate.

The hamlets Schallemich and Oberschallemich are located in localities in the source area , the village Eikamp and the hamlets Altehufe and Oberkäsbach in the south . In the south-west lies the north-east edge of the residential area of Straßen in the catchment area of ​​the Käsbach.

Tributaries

Flow to the Käsbach:

  • Paffenberger Siefen ( left ), 0.4 km
  • Hufer Siefen ( left ), 0.7 km
  • nameless influx ( right ), 0.1 km
  • Altenhufer Siefen ( left ), 0.5 km
  • Feigenbach ( left ), 0.8 km
  • Marsh depths ( right ), 0.2 km

Scherfbach river system

Nature reserve

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Paffen , Adolf Schüttler, Heinrich Müller-Miny: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 108/109 Düsseldorf / Erkelenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. →  Online map (PDF; 7.1 MB)
  2. a b c d River Area Geoinformation System of the Wupper Association (FluGGS Wupper)
  3. Modeled discharge values according to the specialist information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )
  4. Specialized information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( information )