Kailbach (Salm)

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Kailbach
Data
Water code DE : 26744
location Gutland

Eastern Eifel

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Salm  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Steinborn
50 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height 463  m above sea level NHN
muzzle south of Landscheid from the right into the Salm coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 42 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 15 ″  E 49 ° 58 ′ 42 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 15 ″  E
Mouth height 214  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 249 m
Bottom slope 13 ‰
length 18.9 km
Catchment area 56.03 km²

The Kailbach is an almost 19 km long right tributary of the Salm in the Eifel in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has the water code number 26744 and is a second order body of water from the mouth in Landscheid to the tributary of the Bierbach near Gransdorf .

geography

course

The Kailbach rises at an altitude of 463  m above sea level. NHN in Steinborn in the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm .

It flows in a south-southeast direction through Seinsfeld , Oberkail and Niederkail and finally flows south of Landscheid in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich at an altitude of 249  m above sea level. NHN from the right into the Salm .

The approximately 18.9 km long course of the Kailbach ends about 249 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 13 ‰.

Catchment area

The 56.03 km² catchment area of ​​the Kailbach is located in Gutland and the Eastern Eifel . It is drained through it via the Salm, the Moselle and the Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries

  • Steinborn ( right ), 0.6 km, 0.34 km²
  • Büschbach ( left ), 3.2 km, 5.16 km²
  • Oberkeiler Bach ( left ), 0.8 km, 2.09 km²
  • Bierbach ( left ), 9.8 km, 9.45 km²
  • Grenzbach ( left ), 1.6 km, 1.70 km²
  • Goldborn ( left ), 1.9 km, 3.05 km²
  • Graben to Brandenmühle ( left ), 0.5 km, 0.86 km²
  • Burscheider Mauergraben ( left ), 0.7 km, 0.57 km²
  • Wachenbach ( right ), 1.1 km, 0.76 km²
  • Waldwiesenbach ( right ), 1.8 km, 2.20 km²
  • Linsenbach ( right ), 6.1 km, 6.30 km²
  • Assenbach ( left ), 1.9 km, 3.41 km²
  • Landscheider Bach ( left ), 1.0 km, 0.66 km²

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )