Kleine Schmalenau

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Kleine Schmalenau
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Data
Water code DE : 276268
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Heve  → Möhne  → Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source North of Dinschede in the Arnsberg Forest
51 ° 24 ′ 36 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 38 ″  E
Source height 389  m above sea level NHN
muzzle In the Hevesee coordinates belonging to the Möhnetalsperre : 51 ° 27 '52 "  N , 8 ° 5' 54"  E 51 ° 27 '52 "  N , 8 ° 5' 54"  E
Mouth height 213  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 176 m
Bottom slope 17 ‰
length 10.6 km
Catchment area 17.909 km²
Valley of the Kleine Schmalenau with the surrounding forests

Valley of the Kleine Schmalenau with the surrounding forests

The Kleine Schmalenau is a 10.6 km long tributary of the Hevesees, which belongs to the Möhnetalsperre, and thus a left tributary of the Heve in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

geography

The Kleine Schmalenau rises in the Arnsberg Forest on the Sattel between Damberg and Haskers Brücher . The source is located around 750 meters north of Dinschede in the immediate vicinity of the Plackweg at an altitude of 389  m above sea level. NHN . From here the stream initially flows in a northerly direction. After about half of the way, the course turns to the northwest. After a 10.6 km stretch of river, the Kleine Schmalenau flows into the Hevesee, a dam of the Möhne reservoir. The height of the estuary is now 213  m .

With a height difference of 176 m, the mean bed slope is 16.6 ‰. The 17.909 km² catchment area is drained to the North Sea via the Heve, Möhne , Ruhr and Rhine .

Tributaries

The Kleine Schmalenau takes on numerous shorter tributaries. The most important tributary is the Hevensbrink with a length of 6.4 km . In the following, the tributaries of the Kleine Schmalenau are listed as they are listed in the NRW register of waters.

Surname Stat.
in km

location Length
in km 		GKZ
Aubach 4,412 right 0.8 276268-12
Big Braumke 3,970 Left 1.3 276268-14
Devil's Siepen 3.294 right 0.8 276268-2
Hevensbrink 2,296 Left 6.4 276268-4
NN 1.695 Left 1.4 276268-52
Worbke 1.318 right 2.0 276268-6
Elmecker Siepen 0.182 Left 3.1 276268-8

nature and environment

The Small Schmalenau located throughout its course in the nature reserve Breitenbruch-Neuhaus or in the nature reserve headwaters of the Little Schmalenau . Efforts are currently underway to designate an Arnsberg Forest National Park for this area . It is already part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park . The kingfisher breeds by the stream and the black stork , which breeds in the adjacent forests, is a frequent food guest. A botanical peculiarity is an extensive occurrence of the ostrich fern ( Matteuccia struthiopteris ) in the lower reaches of the Kleine Schmalenau. The Kleine Schmalenau is part of a current life project of the European Union stream valleys in the Arnsberg Forest . In this project, spruce stands by the stream are transformed into near-natural forests, and previous stream straightening and bank barriers are removed.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Kleine Schmalenau  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map (DGK 5) in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  2. ↑ a b c d Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2006 ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.03 MB)
  3. ↑ mouth position of the tributaries according to the flowing water Kilometrierung the small Schmalenau ;
    According to the water station map in Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information )
  4. ↑ For a better overview and sorting downstream, a hyphen has been inserted for each river in the water code number (GKZ) after the number “276268”, which stands for the Kleine Schmalenau .
  5. ↑ Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Arnsberg Landscape Plan, Meschede 1998
  6. ↑ Wilfried Stichmann: The Möhnesee and its surroundings, leisure time and nature conservation , on lwl.org (PDF; 1.29 MB)