Gleierbach

Westernah to Schmallenberg - Huxel

The sliding Erbach, called in the headwaters to the confluence of an unnamed creek south-east of Bad Fredeburg Westernahbach, is a 7.1 km long, orographic right tributary of the river Lenne in North Rhine-Westphalia Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany.

Geography

The sliding Erbach arises as Westernahbach in Fredeburger forest on the western flank of the Heikersköpfchen to 675 m above sea level. NN. From here the river flows from south-west directions, the resort Huxel and Holthauser mill happens. Below the mill the stream sliding Erbach is called. A little later reached the creek Gleidorf where he. 399 m above sea NN right-hand side flows into the Lenne.

On its 7.1 km long road of Bach overcomes a difference in altitude of 276 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 38.9 ‰. It drains a 10.969 km ² large catchment area over Lenne, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries

The sliding Erbach flow to numerous short streams from the surrounding heights. The largest tributary is the 3.2 km long Schmalnau. It has a large catchment area of ​​3.1 km accounts for 28 % of that of the sliding Erbach. The following are the other tributaries of the sliding Erbach be listed that are listed in the German base map with a name. Listed is each their orographic situation, mouth position, length, size of the catchment area, mouth height and water measure.

Character and water quality

The sliding Erbach is a coarse material rich, siliceous low mountain with still largely natural course. Its water quality is according to the monitoring results generally with good, of exposure to metals even rated as very good. The values ​​for the macrophytes, however, described as moderate and the values ​​for the Phytobenthos even as unsatisfactory.