Genkel

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The Genkel is a 7.1 km long, orographic right tributary of Agger in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the circuit and the Märkischen Oberbergisch district.

Geography

The Genkel rises in Meinerzhagen, some 500 m west of the hamlet near the hamlet Güntenbecke at an altitude of 448 m above sea level. NN. From here it flows first to the southwest to turn after about one kilometer run its course in a wide arc to the southeast. Here it flows through the district of the same name Meinerzhagen and reaches about 2.7 km from the forebay of Genkeltalsperre.

Just 500 meters after the exit from the Genkeltalsperre reached the Genkel the Aggertalsperre. After passing a Vorbeckens it forms the western of the three arms of the Aggertalsperre, the Genkelarm. Up to mouth in the Aggertalsperre she has traveled 7.1 km, overcoming a difference in altitude of 164 m, which corresponds to a bed slope of 23.1 ‰.

Prior to the establishment of Aggertalsperre the Genkel culminated after a run of 8.5 km between the mountain ranges and Lümer The castle at 277 meters above sea level. NN in the Agger.

Tributaries

The following are the tributaries of the Genkel be called. Specifies the orographic situation, the place of the mouth and the mouth height.

• Güntenbecke (left ) before the Genkeltalsperre to 332 m
• Grotmicke (left) in the Genkeltalsperre to 332 m