Schmalenbach (Löhbach)

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Schmalenbach
Data
Water code DE : 27688144
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Löhbach  → Ennepe  → Volme  → Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source east of Halver - Schmalenbach on the B 229
51 ° 11 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 59 ″  E
Source height 403  m above sea level NHN
muzzle at Beisen in den Löhbach coordinates: 51 ° 11 '55 "  N , 7 ° 28' 1"  E 51 ° 11 '55 "  N , 7 ° 28' 1"  E
Mouth height 336  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 67 m
Bottom slope 40 ‰
length 1.7 km
Catchment area 95.6 ha
Discharge
A Eo : 95.6 ha
at the mouth 		MNQ
MQ
Mq
 		3.6 l / s
24.83 l / s
26 l / (s km²)

The Schmalenbach is a nearly two-kilometer long flowing water in Halver in the North Rhine-Westphalian Märkischer Kreis . It is a south-eastern and left tributary of the Löhbach .

geography

course

The Schmalenbach rises below the town of Halver and east of the farm of the same name in the Flur Im Hahnenbeut at an altitude of 403  m above sea level. NHN . The source is directly north of the B 229 leading to Radevormwald .

It flows, accompanied by the B 229, in an almost westerly direction, first through fields, then through a coniferous forest and is then fed by the Schlotsiepen on its left side . The Schmalenbach now runs northwest through farmland along the western edge of a small deciduous forest and then takes on the Kirchlöher Siepen on its right side .

West of Eversberge , it turns north and finally flows into Beisen at an altitude of 336  m above sea level. NHN from the south and left into the Löhbach approaching from the east-northeast .

The 1.7 km long course of the Schmalenbach ends about 67 meters below its source, so it has an average bed gradient of about 40 ‰.

Catchment area

The 0.956 km² catchment area of ​​the Schmalenbach is drained through it via the Löhbach, Ennepe , Volme , Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

  • in the north and northeast to the catchment area of ​​the Löhbach
  • in the south to that of the Bolsenbach , which flows into the Ennepe
  • and otherwise to that of Ennepe itself.

The catchment area in the area of ​​the upper reaches is largely forested, otherwise arable land dominates.

Tributaries

Namesake

The Schmalenbach was the namesake for the Schmalenbach farm and its resident family.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ↑ a b ELWAS specialist information system, Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia ( notes )
  4. ↑ a b Self-measurement on ELWAS