Sesto Bach

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Sesto Bach,
Sextenbach, Rio di Sesto
Sesto brook in Innichen

Sesto brook in Innichen

Data
location South Tyrol , Italy
River system Danube
Drain over Drau  → Danube  → Black Sea
source at Kreuzbergpass
46 ° 39 ′ 24 ″  N , 12 ° 25 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height 1636  m
muzzle near Innichen in the Drau coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 4 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 45 ″  E 46 ° 44 ′ 4 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 45 ″  E
Mouth height 1170  m slm
Height difference 466 m
Bottom slope 29 ‰
length 16 km
Catchment area 110 km²
Communities Sexten , Innichen

The Sesto Bach (also Sexten Bach or Sextenbach, Italian Rio Sesto) is a 16 kilometer long tributary of the Drava , into which it flows at an altitude of 1170  m slm . The Sesto Bach drains the Sesto Valley . The stream rises on the Kreuzbergpass at an altitude of 1636  m slm , its catchment area extends up to the 3145 meter high Dreischusterspitze . The Sesto Bach flows into the Drava in Innichen , not far from the Franciscan monastery . The main tributaries of the creek are the Fischleintalbach and the Ixenbach. The most important places on the brook are Sexten and Moos .

At the reservoir in Sesto, part of the stream is diverted to generate electricity and the water is added again in Vierschach .

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  1. a b Sextner Bach on the website of the South Tyrolean Environment Agency.

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