Mohrbach (Glan)
| Mohrbach | ||
 Mohrbach near Obermohr |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 25462 | |
| location | Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Glan → Nahe → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | At Landstuhl 49 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ N , 7 ° 34 ′ 27 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 237 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | At Niedermohr in the Glan coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 27 ″ E 49 ° 27 ′ 45 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 27 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 209 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 28 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.9 ‰ | |
| length | 14.9 km | |
| Catchment area | 101.634 km² | |
| Small towns | Landstuhl , Ramstein-Miesenbach | |
 Mohrbach with the old Mohrbach bridge (railway km 5.165) |
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 Mohrbach from the L 363 between Ramstein and Steinendung |
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The Mohrbach is a 14.9 km long right tributary of the Glan in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kaiserslautern .
geography
course
The Mohrbach rises in the north of Landstuhl at an altitude of 237 m above sea level. NHN in the immediate vicinity of the A6 motorway. First, the stream flows east along the motorway, but after around one kilometer it turns its course in a wide curve to the west. The stream flows through the area of Ramstein Air Base , where nature reserves have been set up in part. After flowing through the communities of Ramstein-Miesenbach , Steinwend and Niedermohr , the stream flows at 209 m above sea level. NHN in the Glan.
On its 14.9 km long path, the stream overcomes a height difference of 28 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 1.9 ‰. It drains its 101.634 km² catchment area via Glan, Nahe and Rhine to the North Sea , which is why the brook belongs to the river system of the Rhine. Most of the West Palatinate Moorniederung belongs to the catchment area .
Tributaries
The most important tributary of the Mohrbach is the Floßbach , which flows into the Mohrbach on the premises of the Ramstein Air Base. With a catchment area of 24.922 km², it accounts for around a quarter of the catchment area of the Mohrbach. Shortly after the mouth of the Floßbach, water is knocked off into the Kindsbacher Graben . Other tributaries with a catchment area of more than 10 km² are Krebsbach and Schwanderbach .
In the following, the tributaries of the Mohrbach are named in the order from the source to the mouth, which are managed by the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority. In each case, the orographic position of the mouth, the length, the size of the catchment area, the altitude of the mouth and the river code are given.
| Surname
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location | Length in km |
EZG in km² |
Mouth height in m above sea level NHN |
GKZ |
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| Floßbach | right | 7.2 | 24,922 | 233 | 25462-12 |
| Kindsbacher Graben (exit) | Left | 2.0 | 2,377 | 232 | 25462-186 |
| Hundsbach | right | 5.0 | 8,062 | 231 | 25462-16 |
| Krebsbach | Left | 3.1 | 12.291 | 229 | 25462-18 |
| Siegelbach | Left | 2.1 | 2,294 | 227 | 25462-192 |
| Woogbach | right | 1.8 | 3.712 | 227 | 25462-194 |
| Miesenbach | right | 3.9 | 4.854 | 226 | 25462-2 |
| Schwanderbach | right | 4.6 | 12,168 | 224 | 25462-4 |
| Irlenbach | Left | 1.3 | 1.127 | 223 | 25462-52 |
| Moosbach | Left | 1.2 | 1.176 | 220 | 25462-54 |
| Reuschbach | right | 2.3 | 3.327 | 220 | 25462-6 |
| Sickenbach | right | 3.0 | 2.353 | 219 | 25462-8 |
| Schrollbach | Left | 1.5 | 1.927 | 219 | 25462-912 |
| Eilbach | right | 0.6 | 0.738 | 218 | 25462-92 |
| Kahlbach | Left | 0.6 | 1.322 | 214 | 25462-932 |
| Hauschbach | Left | 1.0 | 0.424 | 213 | 25462-94 |
Notes on the table
- ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the Mohrbach receiving water that is common to all .
environment
The Mohrbach is a silicate mountain stream rich in fine material. Its water structure quality is mainly given as very strongly to completely changed. The water quality is consistently indicated as moderately polluted (quality class II) (status 2005).