Toppmannsbach

The Topp Bach near the mouth in the heron creek

The Topp Bach is a 2.1 km long orographic right tributaries of the heron creek in North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany.

River course

The Topp Bach rises above the Klashofsiedlung in the Bielefeld City Senne district belonging to the district Windelsbleiche and the flattening of the Teutoburg Forest flows following from the southwest direction. After the water has passed through the place, it reaches the private nature reserve sewage diaper and runs through this area in the northern area. To the west and north of the sewage is also owned by Senne hamlet Windflöte the Topp man creek eventually empties into the heron creek. He forms the boundary of the adjacent nature reserves Black Fens and herons and Röhrbach.

The waters overcomes during its flow path a height difference of 18 meters, thus results in an average bed slope of 8.6 ‰.

Characteristics

The Topp Bach has a typical for the Senne sand bed streams and falls mainly in the upper reaches temporarily dry. In the field of sewage diaper was the water quality of the stream, as the area was still used for wastewater treatment of textile company diaper until in the 1990s, in a very bad condition, but has improved again since the closure of the northern Rieselfeldbereiche. Still applies, according to the water quality report from 2008 continue the water quality class II-III and thus the classification " critically loaded ".