Lohbach (Wupper)

Lohbach
The mouth of the Lohbach in the Wupper
Data
Water code	DE : 273639132
location	In NRW , Germany
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	Near Wuppertal - Walbrecken 51 ° 13 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height	298  m above sea level NN
muzzle	In the Wupper near Radevormwald - Oedeschlenke Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 23 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 25 ″  E 51 ° 14 ′ 23 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 25 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  201  m above sea level NN
Height difference	approx. 97 m
Bottom slope	approx. 55 ‰
length	1.8 km
Catchment area	1.256 km²
Big cities	Wuppertal
Medium-sized cities	Radevormwald

The Lohbach is a left tributary of the Wupper in the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Wuppertal and the city of Radevormwald in the lower reaches.

Location and topography

The Lohbach rises at 298 meters above sea level. NN near the Wuppertal hamlet of Walbrecken , is fed by a sieve and flows through the plateaus in a northerly direction. At the height of Kotthausen it turns to the northeast, receives three more inflows and flows in a deep notch valley towards the Wupper. In the lower reaches it forms the city limit to Radevormwald. After about 1.8 kilometers it flows at 201 meters above sea level. NN between the Wuppertal hamlet of Nöllenberg and the Radevormwald district of Oedeschlenke in the Wupper .

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographic map 1: 25,000
3. ↑ ^{a b} river basin geographic information system of Wupperverbandes