Windbach
Sign in to saveWindbach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Aar near Aarbergen. Rising in the western Taunus foothills near Kettenbach (50°14′53″N 8°06′54″E), this third-order stream flows southeast through a predominantly agricultural catchment before its confluence with the Aar at Aarbergen (50°14′53″N 8°06′54″E). With an average discharge of 0.12 m³/s and a gradient of 1.8%, the Windbach exhibits a pluvial-nival flow regime characteristic of mid-altitude Central European streams. Its riparian zone supports typical floodplain vegetation communities dominated by Alnus glutinosa (European a
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Windbach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Aar near Aarbergen. Rising in the western Taunus foothills near Kettenbach (50°14′53″N 8°06′54″E), this third-order stream flows southeast through a predominantly agricultural catchment before its confluence with the Aar at Aarbergen (50°14′53″N 8°06′54″E). With an average discharge of 0.12 m³/s and a gradient of 1.8%, the Windbach exhibits a pluvial-nival flow regime characteristic of mid-altitude Central European streams. Its riparian zone supports typical floodplain vegetation communities dominated by Alnus glutinosa (European alder) and Salix spp. (willows), as documented in Hesse's small watercourse monitoring program.
==See also== List of rivers of Hesse
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Windbach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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