In there Maighels

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In there Maighels
Rein da Maighels (left) in its headwaters Val Maighels

Rein da Maighels (left) in its headwaters Val Maighels

Data
Water code CH : 3539
location Canton of Graubünden , Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Rein da Curnera  → Vorderrhein  → Rhine  → North Sea
source on the Maighels Glacier
46 ° 35 ′ 11 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height approx.  2926  m above sea level M.
muzzle in the Lai da Curnera coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 34 "  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 28"  E ; CH1903:  697 190  /  164 654 46 ° 37 '34 "  N , 8 ° 42' 28"  O
Mouth height 1956  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 970 m
Bottom slope approx. 18%
length 5.4 km
Catchment area 9.07 km²
Discharge  at the mouth of the
A Eo : 9.07 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		550 l / s
60.6 l / (s km²)

The Maighelserrhein with the Romansh name Rein da Maighels is one of the main source rivers of the Rhine (see Rhine source ) and flows into the Rein da Curnera . The two rivers are dammed up there by the Lai da Curnera ; the power plants belong to the Vorderrhein power plants .

The Rein da Maighels rises on Piz Ravetsch from the Maighels Glacier ( Rhaeto-Romanic Glatscher da Maighels ) near the Graubünden border with the Canton of Ticino and Canton Uri. It flows first to the north through the Val Maighels , and then to the east through the cut called Val Platta between Piz Cavradi and Piz Piogn Crap into the Val Curnera . The original length was 4.5 kilometers.

Val Maighels on a map from 1906 ( Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland )

It can be assumed that the stream did not previously flow into the Val Curnera, but continued to flow straight to the north, where the Rein da Tuma drains the valley.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  3. ↑ a b Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  4. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 272, keyword Maigelsbach   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  5. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 3: Krailigen - Plentsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1905, p. 271 f., Keyword Maigels (Val)   ( scan of the lexicon page ).
  6. ^ Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de geographie (editor): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 4: Plessur - Switzerland . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1906, p. 128, keyword Rhine   ( scan of the lexicon page ).