Ova da Morteratsch
Ova da Morteratsch «Morteratschbach» |
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Water code | CH : 5432 | |
location | Switzerland | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 Ova da Morteratsch ( Rhaeto-Romanic ; roughly means Morteratschbach ) is an approximately 6 km long left tributary of the Bernina Bach in the Swiss canton of Graubünden .
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
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ a b Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 3, 2018 .