Grüner Bach

Green Brook source northwest of Evingsen.

The Green Brook is a 11.6 km long, orographic right tributary of the river Lenne in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

The creek originates on the Green source about 1.3 km north- west of Evingsen. The source is located north of the saddle between Rüssenberg ( 493.9 m) and Rimberg ( 500.4 m) at an altitude of 457 m above sea level. NN. From here it flows first in a northwesterly direction through a little -populated area. In Attern in the south of Iserlohn the barrel turns to the north.

Accompanied by the L 888 flowing through the creek Bräke and Danne Höfer and then reaches the Iserlohn district Obergrüne. Here, the creek turns west, passes Iserlohn- sub Green where it discharges to 129 m above sea level. NN in the Lenne. Between Danne Höfer and mouth of the valley floor is almost entirely built on.

On its 11.6 km long road of Bach overcomes a difference in altitude of 328 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 28.3 ‰. It drains a 25.183 km ² large catchment area over Lenne, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries

The most important tributary of Green Brook is the 2.9 km long Lösseler Bach. It is the longest tributary and has 2.348 km ² and the largest catchment area. The following are the tributaries of the Green brook with mouth position, length, size of the catchment, estuary and river height ratio ( DGKZ ) are called.

In Green Valley, there are many caves, including most famously the Dechenhöhle. Some researchers suspect it as a coherent system of caves.