Tuorsbach

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Tuorsbach
Ava da Tuors
Val Tuors near Bergün

Val Tuors near Bergün

Data
Water code CH : 366
location Rhaetian Alps

Switzerland

River system Rhine
Drain over Albula  → Hinterrhein  → Rhine  → North Sea
confluence by Ava da Ravis-ch and Ava da Salect
46 ° 38 ′ 42 "  N , 9 ° 49 ′ 40"  E
Source height 1801  m above sea level M.
muzzle near Bergün in the Albula coordinates: 46 ° 37 '53 "  N , 9 ° 44' 26"  E ; CH1903:  776 259  /  167044 46 ° 37 '53 "  N , 9 ° 44' 26"  O
Mouth height 1327  m above sea level M.
Height difference 474 m
Bottom slope 65 ‰
length 7.3 km
Catchment area 56.82 km²
Discharge at the estuary
A Eo gauge : 56.82 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		2.15 m³ / s
37.8 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Ava da Plazbì, Pischotta
Flowing lakes Igls Lajets
Communities Bergün
Tuorsbach in Bergün

Tuorsbach in Bergün

The Tuorsbach, Romansh Ava da Tuors, is a mountain stream in Val Tuors in the canton of Graubünden in the Albula district .

geography

Spring streams

The Ava da Salect rises from the Kesch Glacier and is responsible for the striking white color of the Tuorsbach . The Ava da Ravais-ch rises among other things from the Lai da Ravais-ch Suot, about four kilometers northwest of Chants at 2505 meters above sea level. on the water line between the Black Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The water from Lai da Ravais-ch Sur, located a few meters next to Lai da Ravais-ch Suot, at 2562 meters above sea level. In contrast, it flows through Val Funtauna and Val Susauna into the Engadin and the Inn.

Further course

The Tuorsbach arises from the confluence of the Ava da Ravais-ch and the Ava da Salect below Chants at the western exit of the Val Tuors and flows into Bergün after 7.3 kilometers (with Ava da Ravais-ch 12.5 km) from the right into the only slightly richer Albula , a tributary of the Rhine .

At the level of Latsch, water for the Albula-Landwasser power plants is taken from the stream and processed in the Filisur headquarters .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  3. ↑ a b Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 24, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Map of water withdrawals. In: geo.admin.ch. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .