Repe
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Geography
The Repe springs from the dachshund mountain above the village Rieflinghausen at an altitude of 509 m above sea level. NN. From here it flows primarily in northeastern direction. Here it flows through the villages belonging to Attendorn Rieflinghausen, Repe, Helden, Niederhelden and Röllecken to at Borghausen to 243 m above sea level. NN to open into the Lenne.
On its 11.4 km long road which Repe overcomes a difference in altitude of 266 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 23.3 ‰. Your catchment area has a size of 26.367 km ². The widest part of the stream bed is approximately 5.50 m in the area nearing Lenne mouth.
Use
The water of Repe presented in earlier times, a cheap source of energy, from the performing some operations could benefit in Repetal. The former Röllecker mill could, because right on the creek bed, let her drive millstones by the water flow. A millpond with lock made sure that even in dry times flour could be milled. The marble grinding shops in the lower Repetal that the nationally known red " marble " (a red limestone) were processed, operated by discharges of Repewassers. In the towns on the Repe bleach courts were created to take advantage of the cleaning power of Repewassers in earlier times.
Tributaries
The following are the tributaries of Repe be called by their length and mouth height.
- Easter Micke - 0.9 km long right tributary to 374 m above sea level. NN
- Heimke - 1.4 km long left tributary to 349 m above sea level. NN
- Potions Soap - 1.6 km long left tributary to 306 m above sea level. NN
- Bremke - 2.6 km long right tributary to 291 m above sea level. NN
- Light - 1.4 km long right tributary to 287 m above sea level. NN
- Buschet - 1.2 km long right tributary to approximately 300 m above sea level
- Menzel Bach - 0.9 km long right tributary to 278 m above sea level. NN
- Jübecke - 1.7 km long left tributary at 276 m above sea level. NN
- Fölmersbieke - 1.2 km long right tributary to 267 m above sea level. NN