Katza

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Katza
Data
Water code DE : 41354
location Schmalkalden-Meiningen district , Thuringia
River system Weser
Drain over Werra  → Weser  → North Sea
source at Oberkatz
50 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height approx.  480  m 
muzzle in Wasungen coordinates: 50 ° 39 '27 "  N , 10 ° 22' 5"  E 50 ° 39 '27 "  N , 10 ° 22' 5"  E
Mouth height approx.  269  m 
Height difference approx. 211 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 15.1 km
Catchment area 61.3 km²
Left tributaries Bach from Oepfershausen (5.4 km)
Right tributaries Solzbach (5.3 km)

The Katza is a 15 km long orographic left tributary of the Werra in the west of Thuringia , district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen . It rises immediately southwest of Oberkatz on the northern slope of the 712 m high Diesburg in the Vorderrhön . In its north-easterly course along Landesstraße 2619, it passes Unterkatz , Wahns and Mehmels , until it finally flows into the Werra in Wasungen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b map services ( memento of the original from December 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the BfN @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfn.de
  2. ↑ a b c d Length measurement via geopath (kmz, 12 kB) results in 15.1 km for the Katza, 5.4 km for the brook from Oepfershausen , 5.3 km for the Solzbach and 5.5 km for its left tributary Steinbach .
  3. ^ Thuringian State Institute for the Environment (ed.): Area and waterway key figures (directory and map). Jena 1998. 26 pp.