Turning water

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Turning water
Data
Water code CH : 1896
location Bernese Alps

Switzerland

River system Rhine
Drain over Gadmerwasser  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source Wenden Glacier at the foot of the Titlis
46 ° 45 ′ 41 ″  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height approx.  2300  m above sea level M.
muzzle at Eynollen in the Gadmerwasser coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 19 ″  E ; CH1903:  671 322  /  176 486 46 ° 44 '9 "  N , 8 ° 22' 19"  O
Mouth height approx.  1220  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 1080 m
Bottom slope approx. 19%
length approx. 5.7 km
Catchment area 14.12 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 14.12 km²
at the mouth 		MQ
Mq
 		1.1 m³ / s
77.9 l / (s km²)

The Wendenwasser is a creek almost 6 kilometers long in the Bernese Oberland , which flows into the Gadmerwasser from the right above Gadmen .

geography

course

The Wenden water is the runoff of the Wenden Glacier and rises at about 2300  m above sea level. M. . In this cone from Reissend Nollen , Titlis to Wendenhorn , a large number of small streams arise, all of which flow into the Wendenwasser.

At about 1590  m above sea level. M. it takes the Uratbach from the right and later from the other side at about 1530  m above sea level. M. the Lägerbach . From Teilfflouwi flows at 1330  m above sea level. M. from the right the last larger side stream to.

The Wendenwasser is now near the Sustenpassstrasse and finally flows out at 1220  m above sea level. M. from the right into the Gadmerwasser.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Wendenwasser has a size of about 14 km². The highest point in the catchment area is the Titlis , which is 3238  m above sea level. M. achieved.

The entire catchment area is only sparsely populated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved January 25, 2020 .