Röllbach (Usa)

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Röllbach
Röllbach near Usingen

Röllbach near Usingen

Data
Water code DE : 24848152
location Hessen , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Usa  → Weather  → Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source north of Wehrheim and northeast of Kreuzstein
50 ° 18 ′ 55 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 1 ″  E
Source height approx.  350  m above sea level NN
muzzle in Usingen in the USA coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 16 ″  E 50 ° 19 ′ 58 ″  N , 8 ° 33 ′ 16 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  266  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 84 m
Bottom slope approx. 35 ‰
length 2.4 km

The Röllbach is an approximately 2.4 kilometers long right and southern tributary of the United States .

geography

course

The Röllbach rises north of Wehrheim in a meadow. It initially flows in a north-northwest direction. After about 200 meters the stream reaches a forest area. It flows around the Binzelberg to the west . Then its course leads north along the edge of the forest. To the south of the Röllbachhof, it is fed by the Kittelbach on the right . Shortly afterwards it flows into the United States east of Usingen .

Tributaries

Usa River System

Röllbachtal

The Röllbachtal is a nature reserve . It is characterized by the occurrence of wet meadows and moist tall herbaceous meadows . Until the summer of 2004, the upper reaches of the Röllbach lay in a spruce forest area. The spruce trees have been removed and replaced with alder and ash trees . The nature reserve with a size of 73.93 hectares was placed under protection on August 11, 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  2. ↑ City of Usingen development plan "Schleichenbach II" (PDF file; 1.91 MB)
  3. ↑ Ordinance on the "Röllbachtal bei Usingen" nature reserve of August 11, 1999 . In: Higher nature conservation authority (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1999 No. 38 , p. 2837 , point 940 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 9,5 MB ]).

Web links

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