White (river)

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White
The Weiss in Kaysersberg

The Weiss in Kaysersberg

Data
Water code FR :  A21-0200
location France
River system Rhine
Drain over Fencing  → Ill  → Rhine  → North Sea
source at the Collet du Linge
48 ° 5 ′ 25 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height approx.  850  m
muzzle at Sigolsheim in the fencing coordinates: 48 ° 7 '27 "  N , 7 ° 20' 11"  E 48 ° 7 '27 "  N , 7 ° 20' 11"  E
Mouth height 188  m
Height difference approx. 662 m
Bottom slope approx. 27 ‰
length 24.3 km
Catchment area 169.3 km²
Drain
at the mouth 		MQ
 2.99 m³ / s
Communities Orbey , Lapoutroie , Kaysersberg , Kientzheim , Ammerschwihr , Sigolsheim

The Weiss (also Weissbach ) is a small river in the French department of Haut-Rhin that flows through the Kaysersberg valley. It is a good 24 km long left tributary of the Fecht .

geography

course

The Weiss rises at Collet du Linge at an altitude of around 850 m and flows into the Fecht from the left between Sigolsheim and Houssen , a tributary of the Ill , which flows into the Rhine near Strasbourg .

Tributaries

  • Rotenbach ( left )
  • Ruisseau du Lac Noir ( left ), 5.4 km
  • Ruisseau du Lac Blanc ( left )
  • Surcenord (German: Rodweilerbach) ( left ), 4.2 km
  • Béchine (German: Beschbach) ( left ), 13.1 km
  • Ure ( left ), 4.3 miles
  • Limbach ( right )
  • Brittelbach ( left ), 3.0 km
  • Kleberbach ( right )
  • Toggenbach ( left ), 3.7 km
  • Walbach ( right ), 8.4 km

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weissbach near SANDRE (French)
  2. ↑ a b See: Débits caractéristiques de la Weiss
  3. ↑ a b Announcement concerning the change of French brook, mountain, forest, path, valley and field names, dated May 14, 1917. Frhr. von Tschammer , Strasbourg, May 14, 1917. Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine , Department of the Interior.

Web links

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