Große Schmalenau

The Great Schmalenau is a 12.4 km long, orographic left tributary of the Heve in the North Rhine-Westphalian circles Soest and Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany

Geography

The creek rises in the Arnsberg Forest on the north flank of the new mountain at an altitude of 478 m above sea level. NN in the district of Soest. First, flowing down into northern directions the barrel turns after about two kilometers to the west -flowing section. West of Schmalenausbergs flows coming from the south Lüttmecke. Now the Great Schmalenau for about 4 km located on the border of Keise Soest and Hochsauerlandkreis. Here, the stream is again exactly on the border and sometimes in one of the two circles, which is due to stream changes over the last hundred and fifty years. South of the Freienohler height, the stream turns to the northwest and flows east from Neuhaus to 240 m above sea level. NN in the Heve.

With a vertical drop of 222 meters, the average bed slope is 17.9 ‰. The 18.309 km ² large catchment area is drained by Heve, Möhne, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries

The Great Schmalenau takes on many short tributaries. The longest of them is the Lüttmecke 4.4 km. The following are the tributaries of the Great Schmalenau with name, position ( stationing km ), mouth position, length and water code are called.

Nature and Environment

The Big Schmalenau located throughout its course in the nature reserve " Breitenbruch -Neuhaus ." For this region, are currently running efforts to deport a national park Arnsberg Forest. It is already part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Am Bach incubates the kingfisher and the brooding in the neighboring woods Black Stork is a frequent guest food. The Great Schmalenau is part of a currently ongoing LIFE project of the European Union " stream valleys in the Arnsberg Forest ". In this project, spruce stands by the brook are further transformed into natural forests former stream channelization and bank reinforcements away.