Otterbach (Lauter)
| Otterbach | ||
 Otterbach within the municipality of the same name, in the background the local Catholic Church |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 254666 | |
| location | Germany | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Lauter → Glan → Nahe → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | North of Otterberg 49 ° 31 ′ 34 " N , 7 ° 46 ′ 34" E |
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| Source height | approx. 357 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | In Otterbach in the Lauter coordinates: 49 ° 29 '4 " N , 7 ° 43' 34" E 49 ° 29 '4 " N , 7 ° 43' 34" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 217 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 140 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 15 ‰ | |
| length | 9.1 km | |
| Catchment area | 29.564 km² | |
| Small towns | Otterberg | |
The Otterbach is a 9.1 km long right tributary of the Lauter in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kaiserslautern .
geography
course
The Otterbach rises about 2.4 km north of Otterberg on the eastern flank of the Bruchberg at an altitude of 357 m above sea level. NHN . First flowing to the east, the stream turns its course in a wide arc to the southwest, flows through Otterberg and flows into Otterbach at 217 m above sea level. NHN on the right in the Lauter .
On its 9.1 km long path, the stream overcomes a height difference of 140 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 15.4 ‰. The 29.564 km² catchment area is drained to the North Sea via Lauter, Glan , Nahe and Rhine .
Tributaries
The largest tributary of the Otterbach is the 4.8 km long Grafenthalerbach with a catchment area of 5.930 km². In the following, the other tributaries of the Otterbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schellenbach | right | 1.5 | 1.401 | 263 | 254666-12 |
| Grafenthalerbach | right | 4.8 | 5.930 | 250 | 254666-2 |
| Weinbrunnerbach | Left | 1.8 | 4.819 | 240 | 254666-4 |
| Aggenbach | Left | 2.0 | 3,392 | 240 | 254666-52 |
| Erlenbach | Left | 2.0 | 3.443 | 235 | 254666-6 |
| Reichenbach | right | 2.1 | 2.154 | 225 | 254666-8 |
Notes on the table
- ↑ waters code , the official in Germany watercourses code with inserted for readability separator behind the prefix uniform for all common outfall Otterbach is.
environment
The Otterbach is one of the fine-material, silicate low mountain streams. Its water structure is mostly strong to very strong, but completely changed in the location of Otterberg. Only in the upper reaches are some sections that are only moderately changed. The water quality in the upper reaches to Otterberg is given as low, from Otterberg as moderately polluted (as of 2005).
