Steinbach spring
| Steinbach spring | ||||
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 Steinbach spring |
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| location | ||||
| Country or region | Amstetten district , Lower Austria | |||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 48 ′ 48 " N , 14 ° 46 ′ 2" E | |||
| height | approx. 500 m above sea level A. | |||
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| geology | ||||
| Mountains | Eastern Alps | |||
| Source type | Karst spring | |||
| Exit type | Spring grotto | |||
| rock | Main dolomite | |||
| Hydrology | ||||
| River system | Danube | |||
| Receiving waters | Ybbs → Danube → Black Sea | |||
| Bulk | 451 l / s | |||
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 48 ″ N , 14 ° 46 ′ 2 ″ E
The Steinbachquelle is a karst spring near Hollenstein an der Ybbs in the Northern Limestone Alps in Lower Austria .
description
The Steinbach spring is located north of Hollenstein in the forest at about 500 m above sea level. A. on the right side of the valley of the Ybbs . The spring water of the karst spring rises from a small cave portal in the rock of the main dolomite . Their discharge fluctuates very strongly from around 25 liters per second to over 10,000 l / s and reacts immediately to precipitation events and snowmelt. The catchment area of the Steinbach spring is the adjacent 1405 m above sea level. A. high Oisberg . The flowing stream joins the Ybbs after about 150 m from the right. The karst spring is the exit of the Steinbachquellhöhle. On April 15, 1984, two people were killed during a dive in this water cave.
Data
Since 1999 there has been a measuring point of the Hydrographic Service Lower Austria at the Steinbach spring. The mean spring discharge is 451 l / s (series 1999–2011), the minimum 23 l / s (measured on December 5, 2011), the maximum 14,573 l / s (June 24, 2009). The water temperature fluctuates between 6.2 and 7.8 ° C with an average value of 7.4 ° C, the conductivity between 184 and 314 μS / cm with an average value of 279 μS / cm.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Source observation in the Hydrographic Service in Austria. Notices of the Hydrographic Central Office, Issue 70, Vienna 2005, Appendix 1 ( PDF; 7.6 MB ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove it Note. )
- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ Caves in Austria. Fatal diving accident in the Steinbach spring near Hollenstein, Lower Austria, as of February 10, 2009
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Hydrographisches Jahrbuch von Österreich 2011. 119th Volume. Vienna 2013, p. Q59, PDF (12.9 MB) on bmlrt.gv.at (yearbook 2011)
