Spiggenbach
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| Water code | CH : 531 | |
| location | Frutigen district in the canton of Bern | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Chiene → Kander → Aare → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | Roter Herd (Färrichbach) 46 ° 34 ′ 33 ″ N , 7 ° 49 ′ 22 ″ E |
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| Source height | 2448 m above sea level M. | |
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Kienbach auf dem Boden ob Kiental Coordinates: 46 ° 34 '55 " N , 7 ° 43' 35" E ; CH1903: 622054 / 158 994 46 ° 34 '55 " N , 7 ° 43' 35" O |
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| Mouth height | 926 m above sea level M. | |
| Height difference | 1522 m | |
| Bottom slope | 17% | |
| length | 8.8 km (with Färrichbach) | |
| Catchment area | 21.3 km² | |
| Communities | Reichenbach in the Kandertal | |
The Spiggenbach , also called Spiggenkiene or Bocktenbach , is a torrent in the Bernese town of Frutigland . It starts from two source streams produced: the Färrichbach , between Andrist and Schilthornbahn springs, and from the Schwalmere herkommenden Glütsch stream (source 2240 . M above sea level and 46 ° 35 '2 " N , 7 ° 48' 36" O ).
The two streams meet at 46 ° 34 '7.89 " N , 7 ° 47' 29.07" O at an altitude of about 1480 m above sea level. M. at the eastern end of the Spiggengrund , through which the stream flows westwards. After having passed a forest gorge that is a few hundred meters long and steeply sloping in several places, the Spiggenbach pours into the Chiene from the right a little above the core of the Kiental settlement .
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- Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Heinrich Brunner, Société neuchâteloise de géographie (editors): Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5: Switzerland - Tavetsch . Verlag Gebrüder Attinger, Neuenburg 1908, p. 651, keyword Spiggenbach, Spiggenkiene or Bocktenbach ( scan of the lexicon page ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d individual records on the geoserver of the Swiss federal administration