Moorbach (Bever)

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Moorbach
Data
Water code DE : 273622
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Bever  → Wupper  → Rhine  → North Sea
source In Radevormwald - fir
51 ° 11 '50 "  N , 7 ° 24' 44"  O
Source height 393  m above sea level NN
muzzle At Wipperfürth - Levenhausen in the Bever immediately before the Bevertalsperre Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '22 "  N , 7 ° 23' 44"  E 51 ° 10 '22 "  N , 7 ° 23' 44"  E
Mouth height 295  m above sea level NN
Height difference 98 m
Bottom slope 30 ‰
length 3.3 km
Catchment area 2.771 km²
Medium-sized cities Radevormwald , Wipperfürth

The Moorbach is a 3.3 kilometer long orographically right tributary of the Bever in Radevormwald .

Location and topography

The stream rises at 395 meters above sea level. NN south of the Radevormwalder Hofschaft Tanne , initially flows in a southerly direction past Weyer and crosses under the high embankment of the disused Wuppertal Railway . Behind the railway embankment, it forms part of the city boundary between Radevormwald and Wipperfürth , before flowing entirely into the Wipperfürth area.

It flows past the estates of Berge , Kotten , Bruch and Levenhausen and flows out at 295 meters above sea level. NN in the Bever, a few meters before the dam of the Bevertalsperre .

The most important tributaries are the Schlesiepen, the Krötelsbeck, the Steinberger Bach and the Levensiepen. Several ponds are dammed up by the stream.

Individual evidence

  1. a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. a b river basin geographic information system of Wupperverbandes