Leek (river)

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Leek
upper course: Durrenbach
The catchment area of ​​the leek

The catchment area of ​​the leek

Data
Water code FR :  A15-0200
location Vosges

Southern Upper Rhine Lowland

France

River system Rhine
Drain over Ill  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Vosges (Markstein)
47 ° 57 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 2 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height approx.  1229  m
muzzle at Colmar in the Ill Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 1 ″  E 48 ° 5 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 23 ′ 1 ″  E
Mouth height 180  m
Height difference approx. 1049 m
Bottom slope approx. 22 ‰
length 46.7 km
Catchment area 390.1 km²
Drain
at the mouth 		MQ
 2.77 m³ / s
Medium-sized cities Colmar
Small towns Guebwiller , Rouffach
The leek in Lautenbach.

The leek in Lautenbach.

The leek in Issenheim

The leek in Issenheim

The leek reservoir

The leek reservoir

The Leek is a 47 km long left tributary of the Ill in Alsace ( Grand Est region ).

geography

course

The leek rises on the eastern slope of the Vosges on the slopes of Markstein . Later in a dam since 1894 dammed the river to Lauchsee before through the valley of the leeks, and Florival called Guebwiller and Rouffach reached. In Colmar , the leek then flows into the Ill .

Catchment area

The Zorn catchment area is 390.1 km² and consists of 43.09% agricultural area, 48.65% forest areas and 8.16% built-up areas.

Tributaries

The most important tributaries are the Ohmbach , the Lohbach and the Alte Thur , a tributary of the Thur .

Tributaries of the leek downstream
  • Jungfrauenrunz ( right ), 0.9 km
  • Hirsengrabenrunz ( right ), 2.2 km, 34 km²
  • Klinzrunz ( left ), 1.6 km
  • Rehgrabenrunz ( right ), 1.3 km
  • Melt Wrinkle ( left )
  • Belchenseebach ( right ), 3.9 km
  • Hoellrunz ( left )
  • Schellrunz ( left ), 2.0 km
  • Felsenbach ( right ), 3.8 km
  • Belchenbach ( left )
  • Gross Sulzbach ( left ), 1.6 km
  • Klein Sulzbach ( left )
  • Gegenbach ( right ), 1.4 km
  • Durrenbach ( left )
  • Krebsbach (left)
  • Murbach ( Breitenbachrunz ) ( left ), 6.3 km
  • Lachmattenbach ( right )
  • Ohmbach ( left ), 9.2 km, 64.8 km², 0.14 m³ / s
  • Lohbach ( right ), 18.6 km. 93.0 km², 0.24 m³ / s
  • Fallbach ( left )
  • Vieille Thur ( Alte Thur ) ( right ), 25.9 km, 65.5 km², 0.59 m³ / s

Web links

Commons : Leek (river)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Leek at SANDRE (French)
  2. ↑ a b see web link: Débits caractéristiques de la Lauch
  3. ↑ at SANDRE Grosse Sulzbach
  4. ^ Junction of the Thur