Weisse Lütschine (Black Lütschine)
| White Lütschine | ||
 View into the valley of the Weisse Lütschine. In the foreground is Grindelwald |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | CH : 5709 | |
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Bernese Alps
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| River system | Rhine | |
| Drain over | Black Lütschine → Lütschine → Aare → Rhine → North Sea | |
| source | Lower Grindelwald Glacier | |
| muzzle | near Grindelwald in the Schwarzen Lütschine Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 8 ″ N , 8 ° 2 ′ 10 ″ E ; CH1903: 645 772 / 163254 46 ° 37 '8 " N , 8 ° 2' 10" O |
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| Mouth height |
958 m above sea level M.
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| Catchment area | 45.09 km² | |
| Discharge A Eo : 45.09 km² at the mouth |
MQ Mq |
3.34 m³ / s 74.1 l / (s km²) |
The Weisse Lütschine is the outflow of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier in the Bernese Oberland . It unites in Grindelwald with the Black Lütschine .
Surname
The name Lütschine comes from the Celtic name leucos, leuca , which means "white" or "bright, shiny". This means that the name “Weisse Lütschine”, which is confusingly carried by two rivers in the Lütschine system, is a pleonasm from a literal point of view .
geography
course
The Weisse Lütschine rises as an outflow from the Lower Grindelwald Glacier. Due to the strong shrinking of this glacier, which will probably dissolve in the foreseeable future, the source of the Weisse Lütschine will continue to move upwards in the future.
The stream flows through the glacier gorge ( 1300 m above sea level to 1000 m above sea level ) and passes a marble quarry at the exit. The stream then flows through the valley near Grindelwald and unites with the Black Lütschine, which has about the same amount of water, at an altitude of 958 m above sea level. M.
Catchment area
The catchment area of the river has a size of about 45 km², with the highest point in the catchment area, the Mönch , a height of 4107 m above sea level. M. achieved. Other well-known mountains in the catchment area are Eiger , Mönch , Agassizhorn , Lauteraarhorn and the Schreckhorn .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ a b Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Accessed January 21, 2020 .