Partnach

The Partnach is an 18-kilometre-long (11 mi) mountain river in Bavaria, Germany.

Partnach
The Partnach in the Reintal valley
Location
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
DistrictGarmisch-Partenkirchen
Reference no.DE: 1624
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationon the Zugspitze Massif
 • coordinates47.4061°N 11.0285°E / 47.4061; 11.0285
 • elevationca. 1,440 m
Mouth 
 • location
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen into the Loisach
 • coordinates
47.4998°N 11.0883°E / 47.4998; 11.0883
 • elevation
ca. 690 m
Length18.0 km (11.2 mi) [1]
Basin size129 km2 (50 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionLoisach→ Isar→ Danube→ Black Sea

It rises at a height of 1,440 m (4,720 ft) on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by meltwaters from the Schneeferner glacier some 1,100 m (3,600 ft) 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 Blaue Gumpe and the 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)
  • The Partnach at the Reintalanger Hut
    The Partnach at the Reintalanger Hut
  • Source of the Partnach
    Source of the Partnach
  • The Partnachklamm from above
    The Partnachklamm from above
  • Entrance to the Partnachklamm
    Entrance to the Partnachklamm

See also

Sources
  • David Morche: Untersuchungen zum fluvialen Sedimenttransport in Einzugsgebieten der nördlichen Kalkalpen (Reintal/Wettersteingebirge und Lahnenwiesgraben/Ammergauer Alpen)

References
  1. Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)


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