Simme

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Simme
Simmenfalls near Lenk

Simmenfalls near Lenk

Data
Water code CH : 439
location Bernese Oberland , Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Kander  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Siebenbrünnen
Source height 1405  m above sea level M.
muzzle at Wimmis in the Kander coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 28 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 58 ″  E ; CH1903:  614 859  /  171113 46 ° 41 '28 "  N , 7 ° 37' 58"  O
Mouth height 582  m above sea level M.
Height difference 823 m
Bottom slope 15 ‰
length 55 km
Catchment area 593 km²
Discharge at the Latterbach
A Eo gauge : 563 km²
Location: 6.2 km above the mouth 		NNQ (1997)
MNQ 1986–2016
MQ 1986–2016
Mq 1986–2016
 MHQ 1986–2016
HHQ (2005) 		2.15 m³ / s
14.2 m³ / s
20.1 m³ / s
35.7 l / (s km²)
 25.4 m³ / s
316 m³ / s
Discharge at the mouth of the
A Eo : 594 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		21.1 m³ / s
35.5 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Trüebbach , Iffigbach , Kleine Simme , Buuschebach
Right tributaries Farmelbach , Chirel
Simme (Switzerland)
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muzzle
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Source and mouth of the Simme

The Simme is a 55 km long river in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland with a catchment area of ​​593 km². With an average discharge of around 21 m³ / s, it is the most important tributary of the Kander, which is only slightly larger at the point of mouth .

Surname

The river name Simme probably goes back to the form sumina , which is a derivative of the Indo-European water word , so, si (trickle, run, moist).

course

The Simme rises in Siebenbrunnen , a crevice with seven springs, on the Rezlialp at the west foot of the Wildstrubel in the Bernese Alps . While still on the Rezlialp, the Simme picks up the Trüebbach from the left, which is fed by the Glacier de la Plaine Morte , a glacier on the ridge between the Simmental and the Rhone Valley.

Below the Rezlialp the river forms the Simmen Falls and overcomes a height of about 200 m like a cascade. South of Lenk , the Simme reaches the flat valley floor and now flows in a north-north-westerly direction, mostly straight through the Obersimmental . At St. Stephan the river turns north. The Kleine Simme, an approx. 10 km long brook that has its headwaters at the Saanenmöser pass, flows into the wide basin of Zweisimmen from the west . Then the slopes on both sides come together again, and a valley step south of Boltigen reaches the Lower Simmental . Here the Simme gradually turns to the east; in the north it is now accompanied by the Gantrisch and Stockhorn chains. The villages here are not in the narrow valley floor, but on a sunny terrace on the northern slope of the valley. In Latterbach flows from the south the Diemtigtal . The lower (eastern) end of the Lower Simmental is formed by the "Port", a narrow rock breakthrough between the Stockhorn chain and the Niesen . Below Wimmis the Simme flows into the Kander, and this flows a few kilometers further between Thun and Spiez into Lake Thun .

Simme Gallery

  • Simme flood (2005)

  • Simme flood (2005)

Web links

Commons : Simme  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Evaluations of the water network. (XLSX) FOEN , December 2013, accessed on August 9, 2017 (listing of Swiss rivers> 30km).
  3. ↑ Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Accessed May 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Latterbach measuring station 1986–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
  5. ↑ Discharge data of the Latterbach gauge, increased by the discharge of the remaining catchment area below (30 km²), for which, according to the map of the Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, an area discharge of around 25 l / s.km² is assumed.