Wark (river)

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Wark
Waark
The Wark

The Wark

Data
location Luxembourg
River system Rhine
Drain over Alzette  → Sauer  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Flur Kale Reis
49 ° 51 ′ 13 ″  N , 5 ° 55 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height approx.  495  m
muzzle 50 meters south of Ettelbrück train station Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 24 ″  E 49 ° 50 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 24 ″  E
Mouth height 192.4  m
Height difference approx. 302.6 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 28.4 km
Discharge at the Ettelbrück
A Eo gauge : 81.5 km²
Location: 930 m above the mouth
NNQ
MNQ 2002–2012
MQ 2002–2012
Mq 2002–2012
MHQ 2002–2012
HHQ (03.01.2001)
32 l / s
79 l / s
1.1 m³ / s
13.5 l / (s km²)
15.4 m³ / s
30.7 m³ / s

The Wark ( Luxembourgish : Waark ) is a river in Luxembourg . It is a left tributary of the Alzette .

course

The Wark rises near Grevels in the municipality of Wahl and flows into the Alzette near Ettelbrück . The river is 28 km long and flows through Mertzig , Feulen and Welscheid .

Tributaries

  • Fielserbaach ( left )
  • Bruchbach ( left ), 1.9 km
  • Turelbach ( left ), 9.0 km
  • Mechelbach ( left ), 5.2 km
  • Fel ( left ), 6.1 km
  • Feischterbach ( left ), 1.6 km
  • Maisbich ( left ), 1.4 km
  • Brook ( left ), 1.8 miles
  • Buurschterbaach ( left )
  • Huesebaach ( left )
  • Deifbaach ( right )
  • Holzbaach ( right )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b State Office for Geodesy, Digital Map of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  2. Ettelbrück gauge