Otterbach (Weser)

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The Otterbach, called in Lüchtringen the Otterbache, is about 8.1 km long, right or southeast tributary of the Weser River in the district of Minden and wood in a circle Hoexter and thus in the federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine -Westphalia ( Germany ).

Course

The Otterbach rises in the western part of the central mountain range Solling. Its source is located in the wooded area of the ' State Forest Boffzen " within the wetland " breakage! "West of Neuhaus im Solling, which is a district of Holzminden.

The Otterbach flows predominantly in a north-westerly direction through an uninhabited valley of the Solling -Vogler and reached when leaving the large Sollinger forest area in the state of North Rhine -Westphalia.

At the same time Otterbach in the Upper Weser Valley enters in which he runs through Lüchtringen, a district of the Westphalian Hoexter to open directly after it has passed into the flow coming from the south and flowing to the North Sea Weser.

Hydrology

Because the Solling consists of red sandstone, the rock surface is in many places very permeable to water. Therefore, the Otterbach into Lüchtringen only about three months of the year the water.