Ova da Morteratsch

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Ova da Morteratsch
«Morteratschbach»
River flowing from Morteratsch Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland, 2012 July.jpg
Data
Water code CH : 5432
location Switzerland
Grisons
Val Morteratsch
River system Danube
Drain over Berninabach  → Flaz  → Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
source at Glacier Vadret Boval Dadains
46 ° 24 '29 "  N , 9 ° 54' 58"  O
Source height approx.  2790  m above sea level M.
muzzle in the Berninabach near Alp Nova Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '8 "  N , 9 ° 56' 27"  E ; CH1903:  792 226  /  147 606 46 ° 27 '8 "  N , 9 ° 56' 27"  O
Mouth height 1878  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 912 m
Bottom slope approx. 15%
length approx. 6.1 km
Catchment area 38.88 km²
Discharge  at the mouth of the
A Eo : 38.88 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		2.02 m³ / s
52 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Ova da la Chunetta
Communities Pontresina
The river at the glacier tongue of the Morteratsch glacier in August 2012

The river at the glacier tongue of the Morteratsch glacier in August 2012

The Ova da Morteratsch ( Rhaeto-Romanic Ova da Morteratsch ? / I ; roughly means Morteratschbach ) is an approximately 6 km long left tributary of the Bernina Bach in the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Audio file / audio sample

course

The Ova da Morteratsch rises at around 2790  m above sea level. M. below the Piz Morteratsch the Vadret Boval Dadain glacier . After a stream of around 1.6 kilometers, mainly to the northeast and partly covered by rubble, it reaches the Morteratsch Glacier , where it seeps into the debris of the lateral moraine . After an air distance of around 880 meters, it reappears at the glacier tongue. It flows through the Val Morteratsch , which it leaves below the Morteratsch train station operated by the Bernina Railway. Immediately afterwards the Ova da Morteratsch flows into the Alp Nova ( Morteratsch ) directly below the Cascata da Bernina at 1,878  m above sea level. M. from the left into the Bernina stream, which is roughly the same size according to the water flow.

Web links

Commons : Ova da Morteratsch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 3, 2018 .