Loopebach

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Loopebach
The Loopebach on Bliesenbacher Strasse

The Loopebach on Bliesenbacher Strasse

Data
Water code DE : 272872
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Agger  → Sieg  → Rhine  → North Sea
source northwest of Drabenderhöhe
50 ° 57 ′ 4 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height 311  m above sea level NN
muzzle at Loope in the Agger coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 35 "  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 11"  E 50 ° 58 ′ 35 "  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 11"  E
Mouth height 114  m above sea level NN
Height difference 197 m
Bottom slope 26 ‰
length 7.7 km
Catchment area 12.528 km²

The Loopebach is a 7.7 km long orographic left tributary of the Agger in Engelskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).

geography

course

The stream rises about 800 m northwest of Drabenderhöhe near Verr at an altitude of 297  m above sea level. NN . From here it flows in a pronounced meandering manner through the naturally preserved Loopebach valley in a north-westerly direction. After 6.9 km, the Loopebach flows into the Loope district of Engelskirchen at 114  m above sea level , without touching any other town . NN in the Agger. On its way it overcomes a height difference of 183 m, which corresponds to a mean bottom slope of 25.5 ‰.

The Loopebach lies in a spacious, unpopulated forest area around the Schimmelhau ( 357.3  m above sea level ), Hundskopf ( 314  m above sea level ) and Dönselberg ( 357.7  m above sea level ). This forest area is not cut up by traffic routes. The stream is accompanied by well-developed alder-ash alluvial forests.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Loopebach are named below. The orographic position, the location of the mouth and the mouth height are given.

  • Heckbach (left) at 201  m above sea level. NN
  • Pühlenbach (right) at 184  m above sea level. NN
  • Lützenbach (left) at Loope at 128  m above sea level. NN

Others

The Loopebach should not be confused with the Loper Bach , a small river which rises on the western edge of the former Lope district of Gummersbach (today part of the Strombach ) and which finally takes up the longer Lambach in Engelskirchen - Oesinghausen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )

Source

  • Other data: Taken from topographic map 1: 25,000
  • Loopebach . Natura 2000 entry on the website of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved October 28, 2014.