Wenzelbach

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Wenzelbach
Data
Water code DE : 2656998
location Moselle valley

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Ruwer  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the district Longuich
49 ° 47 '24 "  N , 6 ° 44' 4"  E
Source height approx.  263  m above sea level NN 
muzzle In Trier-Ruwer from the right into the lower Ruwer coordinates: 49 ° 47 '4 "  N , 6 ° 42' 28"  E 49 ° 47 '4 "  N , 6 ° 42' 28"  E
Mouth height approx.  124  m above sea level NN 
Height difference approx. 139 m
Bottom slope approx. 63 ‰
length 2.2 km
Catchment area 1.313 km²

The Wenzelbach is a good two kilometers long, east-northeast and right tributary of the lower Ruwer in the area of ​​the Trier district of Ruwer in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

course

The Wenzelbach rises at an altitude of 263  m above sea level. NHN on the district of Longuich and flows out at an altitude of 124  m above sea level. NHN in the area of ​​the road Ruwer confluence with the Ruwer .

The approximately 2.2 km long course of the Wenzelbach ends approximately 139 meters below its source, so it has a mean bed gradient of approximately 63 ‰.

Catchment area

The 1.313 km² catchment area of ​​the Wenzelbach lies in the Middle Moselle Valley and is drained through it via the Ruwer, Moselle and Rhine to the North Sea.

It borders

  • in the northeast and east to that of the Kennerbach , which flows into the Moselle
  • in the southeast to that of the Eitelsbach , which flows into the Ruwer
  • in the south to that of the Ruwer
  • and in the north to that of the Moselle.

Tributaries

Three small and nameless trenches on the left.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )