Linnepe (Röhr)

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The Linnepe is a 14.3 km long, orographic right tributary of Rohr in North Rhine-Westphalia Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany.

Geography

The river rises north-west of Obersalwey at an altitude of 523 m above sea level. NN. From there it flows first in a northerly direction, Meinkenbracht happened in the west and flows through Linneper hut. There, the river turns to the northwest. Shortly thereafter flows through the Linnepe the same locality Linnepe. After also Westenfeld is traversed, reached the Linnepe Sundern where they. 245 m above sea NN flows into the Rohr. In the local layers of Linnepe, west field and Sundern the river is greatly changed and expanded in part like a channel.

On its 14.3 km long road which Linnepe overcomes a difference in altitude of 278 m. This corresponds to an average bed slope of 19.4 ‰. It drains a 40.842 km ² large catchment area over Roehr, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Tributaries

The most important tributary of the Linnepe is the 4.2 km long Rumke, with 8.549 km ², the largest single catchment area. Longer than Rumke are the almost equally long Mettmecke (4.8 km) and the Seilbach (4.7 miles), both of which, however, have a much smaller catchment area.

Here are the tributaries of the Linnepe in order from the source are credited to the mouth. Indicated are the orographic situation, the mouth position, stating the stationing kilometer, the length, the size of the catchment area, the mouth height and the waters code ( Note: For the better sortability a space has been inserted ).

Nature and Environment

Only in the local layers of Linneper hut Linnepe, west field and the Sundern Linnepe has been greatly altered by humans. It flows there partly like a channel, where the banks are partly strongly fortified. A drinking water is not carried out from the Linnepe.

The Linnepe was examined on behalf of the Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of North Rhine -Westphalia ( MUNLV ) For the management plan under the Water Framework Directive of the EU. The Linnepe as a whole was classified as natural, despite barriers in the local situation. The general degradation and the saprobic were classified as good. In animals and plants made ​​these classifications in benthic invertebrates, living at the bottom of the water microbes, as well, with macrophytes, visible with the naked eye aquatic plants that live in and on the water surface, including Chara, mosses and ferns and seed plants such as pondweed as well, and at phytobenthos, living on the water bottom plants, mainly algae, moderate. The fish fauna was evaluated as good. With regard to the burden of Linnepe with nitrate, metals and other, possible as the water -polluting substances, it was classified as good to very good. The chemical state was evaluated as good. Because of the barriers in the local principles of ecological status and potential for improvement was only classified as moderate.

At the Linnepe been kingfisher, dippers, gray wagtails and Mallard were detected as breeding birds. As food stays during herons and black stork. The muskrat is found in years the river. In the local situation of Sundern the brown rat occurs.