Woogbach (Louder)

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Woogbach
Data
Water code DE : 237292
location Wasgau

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Louder  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Wasgau west of Bobenthal
49 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 40 ″  E
Source height 232.4  m above sea level NHN
muzzle west of Bobenthal in the Wieslauer coordinates: 49 ° 3 '43 "  N , 7 ° 51' 26"  E 49 ° 3 '43 "  N , 7 ° 51' 26"  E
Mouth height 179  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 53.4 m
Bottom slope 22 ‰
length 2.4 km
Catchment area 4.991 km²
Communities Bobenthal

The Woogbach is an approximately two and a half kilometer long watercourse in the Wasgau ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) in southern Palatinate and a right tributary of the Lauter , which is still called Wieslauter here on its upper course .

geography

course

The Woogbach rises in the Wasgau west of Bobenthal in a forest area at an altitude of 232.4  m above sea level. NN . It initially flows in a southeast direction. Almost two hundred meters later it joins a second source branch, which flows towards it on its right side. The Woogbach now flows along the western slope of the Mittelberg ( 316  m above sea level ). To the east of Bärenbühl it forms a small woog into which another forest stream joins. A good kilometer down the stream, northwest of Gewann Im Sang , the river flows through a somewhat larger second Woog. The stream now runs eastwards on the southern slope of the Mittelberg through the Woogwiesen . It now reaches the western edge of Bobenthal, still flows around the Mühlkopf and finally flows underground, piped at an altitude of 179  m above sea level. NN from the right into the Wieslauter .

Catchment area

The 4.991 km² catchment area of ​​the Woogbach lies in the Wasgau and is drained through it via the Lauter and the Rhine to the North Sea.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority ( information ) (accessed on March 7, 2012)