Springebach

BW

Template: Infobox River / BILD_fehlt

The Springebach, also called short- Jump is a 3.6 km long, orographic left tributary of the Hille Bach in North Rhine-Westphalia Winterberg, Germany. In the lower reaches of the creek is called Take That.

Geography

The creek rises at the saddle between the 721.4 m high and 693.1 m high Bohl hall at an altitude of 638 m above sea level. NN. The creek initially flows from north- western directions and follows the country road L872. After about a kilometer stretch of river turns to the run to the west. At the western edge of Grönebach the Springebach flows to the 1.5 km long WesternÂŪ. From here the river is called Take That. The Gröne flows through Grönebach in northwestern directions before west of the knitting mill at 568 m above sea level. Opens into the NN Hillebachstausee.

On its 3.6 km long river stretch of the creek overcomes a height difference of 70 m, corresponding to an average bed slope of 19.4 ‰. It drains a 4.869 km ² large catchment area over Hille, Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea.

Nature and Environment

The course of the Springebach located outside the local situation always in protected areas. The Springebach rises in the spring swamp car lubrication in the southeastern part of the area of ​​the nature reserve " Springebachtal ". This source consists of swamp brachgefallenem wet grassland, gray willow bushes and small sedge. After the headwaters followed by a 1 km stream section which is not permanently supplied with water. This stream section is a nature reserve type C ( green valleys bedeutsamenes extensive grassland ), here a partial area of ​​the nature reserve " Hillebachstausee - feeds and grassland complex in Hildfeld " protected. Then follows the north-western part of the area Nauturschutzgebietes Springebachtal. This sub-area of the nature reserve is also part of the FFH area " meadows in Springebach and Hillebachtal at low altitudes " in which occur many rare plants and animals of the Red List. According to the local situation Grönebach the creek, now called Gönebach, to the confluence with the Hillebachstausee in the nature reserve is erring spirits. The area erring spirits is also part of the FFH area " meadows in Springebach and Hillebachtal at low altitudes ."

In the nature reserves Springebachtal and erring spirits are valuable and abundant moist and wet meadows. Meanwhile, the North Rhine -Westphalia Foundation larger areas in the nature reserves Springebachtal and erring spirits has purchased at the request of the association for nature and bird protection in Hochsauerlandkreis. The areas of North Rhine -Westphalia Foundation are extensively cultivated according to the specifications of the cultural landscape care program of Hochsauerlandkreises.

Fauna

Until the early 1990s, occurring snipe is extinct in the nature reserve. In both protected areas still occur Whinchat and Meadow Pipit.