Lehbach

Lehbach
Raised bog at Ellersbach
Location Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Reference no. DE: 26562
Length 6.6 km [1]
Source In the Osburger Hochwald at the foot of the Rösterkopf
49°40′00″N 6°48′56″E / 49.6666917°N 6.8154556°E / 49.6666917; 6.8154556Coordinates: 49°40′00″N 6°48′56″E / 49.6666917°N 6.8154556°E / 49.6666917; 6.8154556
Source height ca. 640 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth Near Niederkell into the Ruwer
49°37′14″N 6°47′11″E / 49.6204944°N 6.7864500°E / 49.6204944; 6.7864500
Mouth height ca. 426 m above sea level (NN)
Descent ca. 214 m
Basin Rhine
Progression Ruwer (river)
Catchment 12.794 km² [1]

The Lehbach, in its upper reaches also called the Spalbach, is a right-hand tributary of the River Ruwer in the county of Trier-Saarburg in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It has a length of 6.602 kilometres, a catchment area of 12.794 square kilometres and the federal stream index number, 26562.

It rises in the highlands of the Osburger Hochwald at the foot of the Rösterkopf mountain and, together with the 3.205-kilometre-long Ellersbach (also Kreidbach), in whose source region is a raised bog, impounded to form the Keller Reservoir.

The Lehbach lies within the nature reserve of Keller Mulde and discharges near Niederkell into the Ruwer.

References

  1. 1 2 Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland

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