Kuttenbach

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Kuttenbach
Kuttenbach 09.jpg
Data
Water code DE : 282252
location Eifel

North Rhine-Westphalia

District of Euskirchen
River system Rhine
Drain over Urft  → Rur  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source north of Krekel
50 ° 28 ′ 44 ″  N , 6 ° 31 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height 601.5  m above sea level NHN
muzzle when Kaller district Urft in the Urft coordinates: 50 ° 30 '47 "  N , 6 ° 34' 3"  O 50 ° 30 '47 "  N , 6 ° 34' 3"  O
Mouth height 399.8  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 201.7 m
Bottom slope 38 ‰
length 5.3 km
Catchment area 4.488 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 4.488 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
7.23 l / s
55.61 l / s
12.4 l / (s km²)
Communities Call

The Kuttenbach is a 5.3 km long orographic left tributary of the Urft in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , on the territory of the municipality of Kall .

geography

course

The Kuttenbach rises north of Krekel at an altitude of 601.5  m above sea level. NHN in the nature reserve Sistiger Heide , which is also called Krekeler Heide. From here the stream flows steadily to the northeast and after a short run reaches the district of Diefenbach . His Bachtal then separates the districts of Gillenberg on the right and Steinfelderheistert on the left. Soon its slopes are covered in forest and on the right is the nature reserve deciduous forest on the Kuttenbach below the Steinfeld district with the Steinfeld monastery at the upper bend in the slope. The stream finally flows into the Urft from the left between the districts of Urft and Sötenich at river km 22.3 .

Catchment area

The approximately 4.5 km² catchment area is located in the North Eifel and is drained into the North Sea via Urft, Rur , Maas and Hollands Diep .

It borders

Web links

Commons : Kuttenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. a b c Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
  3. Modeled discharge values according to the specialist information system ELWAS, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection NRW ( notes )