Stony brook

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Stony brook
Data
Water code DE : 2358114
location Rhineland-Palatinate ; Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Sauer  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the southwestern Wasgau
49 ° 7 ′ 4 ″  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 32 ″  E
Source height 359  m above sea level NN
muzzle south-east of the Welschkornberg in the Sauer Coordinates: 49 ° 6 '7 "  N , 7 ° 37' 35"  E 49 ° 6 '7 "  N , 7 ° 37' 35"  E
Mouth height 252  m above sea level NN
Height difference 107 m
Bottom slope 59 ‰
length 1.8 km
Catchment area 2.863 km²

The Steinige Bach is an almost two kilometer long left tributary of the Sauer in the southern Palatinate .

course

The stony brook rises at an altitude of 359  m above sea level. NN in the western Wasgau on the southern slope of the Hohe Kopf , directly at the Reitersprung and southwest of the Zigeunerfels . It initially flows about 250 m in a south-westerly direction, then disappears underground and reappears on the surface after about 200 m. Shortly afterwards it is fed by a small inlet on its right side. His path now leads south-southwest along the western slope of the Great Bliesenberg , accompanied by an elevated road. The brook dips a second time below the surface of the earth and finally flows southeast of the Welschkornberg at an altitude of 252  m above sea level. NN in the Grünbach a source stream of the Sauer .

Individual evidence

  1. Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )