Partnach
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The Partnach is a 16.5 km long Bavaria
n mountain river
. It rises at a height of on the Zugspitze Massif
. The Partnach is fed by meltwater
s from the Schneeferner
glacier some 1100 m higher up. The glacier’s meltwaters seep into the karsty bedrock and reach the surface again near the source of the Partnach.
The Partnach then flows down the Reintal
valley. Until 2005 there were two mountain lakes here – the Vordere and Hintere Blaue Gumpe. At the first lake the water of the Partnach was impounded by scree from rock slides. As a result of heavy rain the natural dam, caused by rockfalls, was partially carried away and the lake was completed filled with sediment. As a result the Blaue Gumpe does not exist any longer today.
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
n mountain river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
. It rises at a height of on the Zugspitze Massif
Zugspitze
The Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit. South of the mountain is...
. The Partnach is fed by meltwater
Meltwater
Meltwater is the water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice and ice shelfs over oceans. Meltwater is often found in the ablation zone of glaciers, where the rate of snow cover is reducing...
s from the Schneeferner
Schneeferner
The Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier. It is located on the Zugspitzplatt, a plateau south of the country's highest peak, the Zugspitze, that descends from west to east and forms the head of the Reintal valley...
glacier some 1100 m higher up. The glacier’s meltwaters seep into the karsty bedrock and reach the surface again near the source of the Partnach.
The Partnach then flows down the Reintal
Reintal (Wetterstein)
The Reintal is the name given to the upper and lower valleys of the River Partnach between the Zugspitzplatt plateau and the Partnachklamm gorge...
valley. Until 2005 there were two mountain lakes here – the Vordere and Hintere Blaue Gumpe. At the first lake the water of the Partnach was impounded by scree from rock slides. As a result of heavy rain the natural dam, caused by rockfalls, was partially carried away and the lake was completed filled with sediment. As a result the Blaue Gumpe does not exist any longer today.
Tributaries
The Partnach has the following tributaries which join it at or near the river kilometre shown in brackets:- Kanker (0.9)
- Boddenberggraben (3.2)
- Hornschlittengraben (4.1)
- Eselsberggraben (4.4)
- Wildsaugraben (4.7)
- Graseckgraben (4.8)
- Streichlagraben (4.9)
- Ferchenbach (6.0 )
- Sulzgraben (7.8 )
- Klausengraben (8.2)
- Bodenlaine (8.3)
- Spitzwaldgraben (8.5)
- Ferlsbach (9.3 )
- Reintalbach (11.1)
Source
- David Morche: Untersuchungen zum fluvialen Sedimenttransport in Einzugsgebieten der nördlichen Kalkalpen (Reintal/Wettersteingebirge und Lahnenwiesgraben/Ammergauer Alpen) http://sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/diss-online/08/08H202/of_index.htm http://sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/diss-online/08/08H202/prom.pdf