Waldemme
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Waldemme upper course name: Chruterenbach |
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 The Waldemme below the confluence of the Steinibach |
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| Water code | CH : 556 | |
| location | Switzerland | |
| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Kleine Emme → Reuss → Aare → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | on the Heideboden 46 ° 47 '58 " N , 8 ° 6' 5" O |
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| Source height | 1875 m above sea level M. | |
| muzzle | Confluence with the Weissemme to the Kleine Emme Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 26 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 24 ″ E ; CH1903: 643244 / 198 978 46 ° 56 '26 " N , 8 ° 0' 24" O |
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| Mouth height | 727 m above sea level M. | |
| Height difference | 1148 m | |
| Bottom slope | 49 ‰ | |
| length | 23.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 115.09 km² | |
| Discharge at the Sörenberg A Eo gauge : 23 km² |
NNQ (1995) MNQ 1995–2015 MQ 1995–2015 Mq 1995–2015 MHQ 1995–2015 HHQ (2005) |
28 l / s 757 l / s 1.15 m³ / s 50 l / (s km²) 1.54 m³ / s 32.3 m³ / s |
| Communities | Giswil , Flühli , Schüpfheim , Escholzmatt-Marbach | |
The Waldemme is the 23.5 km long right source river of the Kleine Emme in the Swiss cantons of Obwalden and Lucerne . It rises in the municipality of Giswil and flows into Schüpfheim with the Weissemme .
Names
The river is first mentioned in 1406 as Waldemmen . This was followed by the mentions Emmenn and Emmen 1433 Forest Emmen in 1596, 1600, 1608, 1642 and 1644, Forest T Emmen 1652, Forest Emen 1678 and 1687, again forest Emmen in 1684, 1688, 1699 and 1706, forest Emmen 1782 Waldemen 1801 and Waldemme 1807.
geography
course
According to the national map, the Waldemme rises in the extreme southwest of the canton of Obwalden as Chruterenbach from the Heidenboden at 1875 m above sea level. M. between Stellenen ( 1910 m above sea level ) in the west and Mändli ( 2059 m above sea level ) in the east. Often the one below the Brienzer Rothorn at around 1465 m above sea level. M. located source Emmensprung regarded as the origin of the Waldemme.
At first it flows briefly to the north, then to the west, where after about 5 kilometers from the left it takes up the water of the Emmen jump . It turns to the northwest and flows through the open basin of the Mariental , in which the tourist resort of Sörenberg is located. Below Sörenberg, the Waldemme digs into the flysch east of the Schrattenfluh and turns to the north. At Flühli it flows through another basin, shortly afterwards it breaks through the mountain range of the subalpine Molasse in the Lammschlucht gorge , and then steps out into the Entlebuch region . Here it flows at Bad at 727 m above sea level. M. with the only 9.1 km long Weissemme to the Kleine Emme.
Catchment area
The catchment area of the Waldemme measures 115.09 km², of which 43% is agricultural area, 40.6% wooded area , 13.3% unproductive area , 2.1% settlement area and 0.9% water area.
The highest point of the catchment area is 2345 m above sea level. M. on the Brienzer Rothorn reached, the average altitude is 1391 m above sea level. M. and the mean annual precipitation is 1784.756 mm on the lower reaches to 1977.427 mm on the upper reaches.
bridges
On its way, the Waldemme is spanned by over 20 bridges, two bridges in Schüpfheim that are worth preserving are worth mentioning, i. H. the Lammschluchtbrücke from 1916 and the Eysteg, a covered wooden bridge from 1869.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Swisstopo / BAFU , Karte Vektor25 water network with measuring function, section with the Kleine Emme and its source rivers
- ↑ a b c d Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved July 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Kleine Emme - Werthenstein, Chappelboden. (PDF) In: Federal Office for the Environment. Retrieved July 21, 2018 .
- ^ Portal of Swiss place name research