Schils (river)

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Schils
The confluence of the Schils (right in the picture) into the Seez near Flums and Walenstadt

The confluence of the Schils (right in the picture) into the Seez near Flums and Walenstadt

Data
Water code CH : 350
location Canton of St. Gallen ; Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Seez  → Linth  → Limmat  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
Headwaters Line between Spitzmeilen and Wissgandstöckli
47 ° 0 '8 "  N , 9 ° 14' 50"  O
Source height 2306  m above sea level M.
muzzle at Flums in the Seez coordinates: 47 ° 6 ′ 15 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 2 ″  E ; CH1903:  743 845  /  218 760 47 ° 6 '15 "  N , 9 ° 20' 2"  O
Mouth height 432  m above sea level M.
Height difference 1874 m
Bottom slope 12%
length 16.2 km
Catchment area 55.85 km²
Discharge at the estuary
A Eo gauge : 55.85 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		1.97 m³ / s
35.3 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Matossabach, Tobelbach
Communities Flums , Walenstadt

The Schils is a roughly 16 kilometer long left tributary of the Seez in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen . It flows through the Schilstal , a side valley of the Seez Valley , and drains an area of ​​around 56 square kilometers. The river runs mainly in the municipality of Flums , only the mouth is in the municipality of Walenstadt .

course

The Schils rises on a ridge between the Spitzmeilen and the Wissgandstöckli at 2306  m above sea level. M. directly on the border with the canton of Glarus . The river runs in a north-easterly direction through the valley to the village of Flums, which it touches in the west. It now flows northwest in a straightened river bed, takes up the Tobelbach and flows northeast of the Gräpplang Castle at 432  m above sea level. M. in the also straightened Seez.

use

The St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke (SAK) operate a hydropower plant on the course of the Schils, including a small reservoir below the Bruggwiti sawmill.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Schils hydropower plant on the SAK website