Kerspe

Kerspe
The Kerspe under the bridge of the federal highway 237 in Wipperfürth
Data
Water code	DE : 273612
location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	in the south of Kierspe 51 ° 7 ′ 24 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 54"  E
Source height	387  m above sea level NN
muzzle	at Wipperfuerth -Ohl coordinates: 51 ° 6 '50 "  N , 7 ° 28' 56"  O 51 ° 6 '50 "  N , 7 ° 28' 56"  O
Mouth height	291  m above sea level NN
Height difference	96 m
Bottom slope	7.7 ‰
length	12.5 km
Catchment area	30.921 km²
Discharge A Eo : 30.921 km² at the mouth	MNQ MQ Mq	140.41 l / s 867.19 l / s 28 l / (s km²)
Reservoirs flowed through	Kerspe dam
Medium-sized cities	Wipperfürth , Halver
Small towns	Kierspe

The inflow of the Kerspe (right) turns the Wipper (front) into the Wupper (rear)

The Kerspe is a right-hand tributary of the Wupper or Wipper in the area of Kierspe , Halver and Wipperfürth . The river to the Kerspe dam is dammed north of Wipperfürth- Ohl .

The water quality is I – II.

Part of the stream is located in the Lower Kerspe Valley nature reserve .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} German basic map 1: 5,000
2. ↑ River Area Geoinformation System of the Wupper Association (FluGGS Wupper)
3. ^ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW
4. ↑ Modeled discharge values according to the specialist information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )
5. ↑ http://www.uvo.nrw.de/

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