Waldsiepen

The forest Siepen at Vorwald in winter 2014

The forest Siepen is a 4.81 km long, orographic left tributary of Lenne in North Rhine-Westphalia Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany.

Geography

The creek originates on the north flank of the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge belonging Albrecht Berg ( 770.8 m) at an altitude of 735 m above sea level. NN. It flows primarily in Northwestern directions and takes many short tributaries. As the longest tributary joins the Great Bell Mecke with a length of 1.64 km at Vorwald. In Upper churches of the forest Siepen opens to 432 m above sea level. NN on the left into the Lenne.

On his 4.81 km long road of Bach overcomes a difference in altitude of 303 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 63.0 ‰. he drained a 6.508 km ² large catchment area over Lenne, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.