Mörtschelbach
Mörtschelbach | ||
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Water code | DE : 2656912 | |
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Hunsrück
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River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Ruwer → Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | northeast of Waldrach | |
Source height | approx. 311 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | in Waldrach in the Ruwer coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 57 " N , 6 ° 44 ′ 27" E 49 ° 44 ′ 57 " N , 6 ° 44 ′ 27" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 151 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 160 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 87 ‰ | |
length | 1.8 km | |
Catchment area | 2.002 km² |
The Mörtschelbach is an east and right tributary of the Ruwer near Waldrach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Trier-Saarburg, almost two kilometers long .
geography
course
The Mörtschelbach rises at an altitude of about 320 m above sea level. NHN northeast of the municipality Ruwer belonging municipality Waldrach in a forest on the southeast slope of high Büsch head .
It initially flows in a south-westerly direction through forest terrain on the north-western slope of the Falsemerberg and after almost seven hundred meters it reaches the outskirts of Waldrach. On the northern edge of the village, it runs along the southern foot of the vine-covered Hahnenberg and then disappears east of the cemetery path, piped underground.
The Mörtschelbach finally flows south of the Welschmühle at an altitude of about 151 m above sea level. NHN , verdolt and from the right into the Ruwer approaching there from the south-southeast .
The 1.8 km long course of the Mörtschelbach ends about 160 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of about 87 ‰.
Catchment area
The 2,002 sq km catchment area of Mörtschelbachs located in Ruwerengtal and Lower Ruwertal . It is drained through it via the Ruwer, the Moselle and the Rhine to the North Sea.
It borders
- in the northeast to that of the Frievelsbach , which drains over the Fellerbach into the Moselle
- in the east to that of the screw brook , which flows into the Fellerbach tributary Noßernbach
- in the southeast to that of the Eitelsbach , which flows into the Ruwer
- on the south by the Falleterbachs , in the Riveris opens
- and in the north to that of the Kehrnagelbach and that of the Kundelbach , both tributaries of the Ruwer.
The catchment area on the upper reaches is wooded, in the estuary the area of Waldrach dominates and otherwise arable land predominates.
The highest point is the Biedelt at 423.8 m above sea level. NHN in the east of the catchment area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
- ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )