Uhlenbach (Werre)
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| location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| River system | Weser | |
| Drain over | Werre → Weser → North Sea | |
| source | At Schwarzenmoor on Eggeberg 52 ° 8 ′ 7 ″ N , 8 ° 43 ′ 57 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 172 m above sea level NN | |
| muzzle | In Herford- city in the Werre (KM22) coordinates: 52 ° 7 '46 " N , 8 ° 40' 30" O 52 ° 7 '46 " N , 8 ° 40' 30" O |
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| Mouth height | approx. 60 m above sea level NN | |
| Height difference | approx. 112 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 25 ‰ | |
| length | 4.4 km | |
| Catchment area | 5.6 km² | |
| Medium-sized cities | Herford | |
| Special features: At 1.1 km the Butterbach crosses from right to left | ||
The Uhlenbach is a right tributary of the Werre in Herford in the northeast of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The water is part of the Weser river system and drains a small part of the Ravensberg hill country .
environment
The Uhlenbachtal nature reserve in Schwarzenmoor has been protecting the Bachtal on an area of 44.5 hectares since 1991. The area lies in the middle of the Ravensberger Land, which is characterized by intensive arable farming . Typical for the Ravensberger Land is the form of a widely branched sieve system with a box profile. The slope steps are up to 6 m high. The peripheral areas are home to near-natural beech forests . The wet grassland in the valley grassland is wet fallow, among other things cabbage thistle meadows and reeds at intensively used fish ponds and some near-natural small bodies of water.
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "Uhlenbach (Werre)" (HF-017) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- River information system