Oesber Bach

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Oesber Bach
Data
Water code DE : 276362
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Wimberbach  → Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source On the northwest slope of the Hensenberg southwest of Vosswinkel and east of Oesbern
51 ° 26 '43 "  N , 7 ° 52' 28"  E
Source height 240  m above sea level NN
muzzle North of Oesbern on the border to Vosswinkel in the Wimberbach Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '20 "  N , 7 ° 51' 55"  E 51 ° 27 '20 "  N , 7 ° 51' 55"  E
Mouth height 190  m above sea level NN
Height difference 50 m
Bottom slope 23 ‰
length 2.2 km
Catchment area 2.285 km²

The Oesber Bach is a 2.285 km long orographically right tributary of the Wimberbach in the North Rhine-Westphalian Menden or functions almost its entire length as a border brook to the city of Arnsberg . The brook rises on the northwest slope of the Hensenberg southwest of Vosswinkel and northeast of Oesbern at an altitude of 240  m above sea level. NN and flows in a northerly direction at 190  m above sea level. NN in the Wimberbach.

The stream overcomes a height difference of 50 m on its way, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 22.7 ‰ over a length of 2.199 km. The brook drains over the Wimberbach, the Ruhr and the Rhine to the North Sea .

nature and environment

The entire course of the stream lies in the Luerwald nature reserve .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b List of waters of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW - PDF, 1 MB
  3. ↑ Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Arnsberg Landscape Plan, Meschede 1998