Sour Mehlbach

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Sour Mehlbach
Data
Water code DE : 2586729122
location Rhenish Slate Mountains

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Mehlbach  → Bleidenbach  → Weil  → Lahn  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the south-southeastern foot of the Three Peaks
50 ° 24 '52 "  N , 8 ° 19' 47"  E
Source height approx.  291  m above sea level NHN
muzzle northwest of Weilmünster; from the right in the Mehlbach coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 53 "  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 50"  E 50 ° 24 ′ 53 "  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 50"  E
Mouth height approx.  236  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 55 m
Bottom slope approx. 42 ‰
length 1.3 km

The Saure Mehlbach is a good one kilometer long, western and right tributary of the Mehlbach in the area of ​​the community Weilmünster in the Hessian district Limburg-Weilburg .

course

The Saure Mehlbach rises in the Hasselborn Hintertaunus at an altitude of 291  m above sea level. NHN in a meadow in the hallway In the Sauren Mehlbachder Läuseck .

The Sauern Mehlbach first flows eastward through grassland and then along the southern edge of a small forest. To the north of it there used to be several silver mines. Then the brook runs in the corridor In der Süßen Mehlbach through a strip of green, which is lined with forest on the right and left.

It finally flows a good one kilometer northwest of the Weilmünster district of Rohnstadt at an altitude of about 236  m from the right into the Mehlbach approaching from the north-northwest .

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The Saure Mehlbach is a low mountain stream rich in coarse material and silicate. It drains over the Mehlbach , Bleidenbach , Weil , Lahn and Rhine into the North Sea . The difference in altitude from its source to its mouth is 55 m, which corresponds to a mean bed slope of about 42 ‰ over a length of 1.3 km.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  2. ↑ Google Earth
  3. ↑ Soil slope , Spektrum.de