Pottsiepen

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Pottsiepen
Data
Water code DE : 27621712
location Rüthen , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Möhne  → Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the Drei Rehhagen heads
51 ° 27 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height 390  m above sea level NN
muzzle in the Möhne coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 38 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 26"  E 51 ° 28 ′ 38 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height 312  m above sea level NN
Height difference 78 m
Bottom slope 53 ‰
length 1.5 km

The Pottsiepen is a 1.5 km long orographic left tributary of the Möhne in Rüthen , Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

The brook rises about 4.5 km southeast of Rüthen on the northwest flank of the Drei-Rehhagen-Köpfe at an altitude of 390  m above sea level. NN . It flows primarily in a northerly direction through an unpopulated valley and flows out about 1.9 km northwest of Heidberg at 312  m above sea level. NN in the Möhne .

With a height difference of 78 meters between the source and the mouth, the mean bed slope is 52 ‰. The approximately 55.5 hectare catchment area is drained to the North Sea via the Möhne, Ruhr and Rhine .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )