Schaafbach
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Schaafbach Eichholzbach (to Ahrmühle ) , Schafbach |
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 Schaafbach near the Ripsdorfer mill |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | DE : 271814 | |
| location | Eifel , Euskirchen District , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Ahr → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | in the northern Eifel at Heidenkopf III 50 ° 23 ′ 8 ″ N , 6 ° 35 ′ 4 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 581 m above sea level NHN | |
| muzzle | near Hüngersdorf in the Ahr Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 41 ′ 29 ″ E 50 ° 24 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 41 ′ 29 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 378 m above sea level NHN | |
| Height difference | approx. 203 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 18 ‰ | |
| length | 11.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 28.031 km² | |
| Communities | Dahlem , Blankenheim with the districts of Ripsdorf and Hüngersdorf | |
 Schaafbach near Ahrmühle |
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The Schaafbach (also called Schafbach and also Eichholzbach up to Ahrmühle ) is an approximately 11.4 km long, western and orographically right tributary of the Ahr in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen .
geography
course
The Schaafbach rises in the northern Eifel as Eichholzbach . Its source is in the Ripsdorf forest on the northwest slope of Heidenkopf III (approx. 595 m above sea level ) in the Nonnenbach and Eichholzbach nature reserve with side valleys in the area of the municipality of Dahlem at an altitude of approx. 581 m .
From here the stream flows in an easterly direction through the area of the municipality of Blankenheim . From the mouth of the Gundersbach (km 5.8) at the hamlet of Ahrmühle, where the stream passes the Stromberg ( 559 m ), it is called Schaafbach. As such, it flows a little north past the district of Ripsdorf and flows northeast of Hüngersdorf at about 378 m above sea level into the Rhine tributary Ahr coming from the northwest .
Catchment area and tributaries
The 28.031 km² catchment area drains via the Ahr and Rhine to the North Sea .
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Stat. in km |
Surname | GKZ | location | Length in km |
EZG in km² |
Mouth |
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| 9.3 | Mäusbach | 271814-12 | right | 1,873 | ||
| 8.7 | Archetsbach | 271814-2 | Left | 3.248 | 3,895 | |
| 7.4 | Ruhrbach | 271814-32 | Left | 0.882 | ||
| 6.8 | From the pond break | 271814-34 | Left | 1.012 | ||
| 6.2 | Itzbach | 271814-4 | right | 3,778 | 2.991 | |
| 5.8 | Gundersbach (also Bonnesbach) | 271814-6 | right | 3.208 | 4.018 | Ahrmühle |
| 3.3 | Miesbuschbach | 271814-72 | Left | 1.692 | ||
| 1.5 | Dreisbach | 271814-8 | Left | 3.266 | 3.873 | |
| 0.9 | Dedersbach | 271814-92 | Left | 1.389 | ||
| 0.6 | Borbach | 271814-94 | right | 1.181 |
Notes on the table
- ↑ The water body numbers and names of the tributaries of the Schaafbach differ in the sources in Rhineland-Palatinate from those listed here.
- ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which stands for the common receiving water Schaafbach .
Web links
- Catchment area and course of the Schaafbach in ELWAS
- Nature reserve "Nonnenbach and Eichholzbach with side valleys" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Remarks
- ↑ The spelling Schafbach can be found in many publications - including on local street signs . For the lemma , the notation was chosen from the sources listed under individual references .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d German basic map 1: 5000
- ↑ a b c d e Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
- ↑ a b ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia ( notes )