| Kleine Aa | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| States | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
⁃ location | Aabach |
⁃ coordinates | 51°29′25″N8°44′59″E / 51.4902°N 8.7497°E Coordinates: 51°29′25″N8°44′59″E / 51.4902°N 8.7497°E |
| Length | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Aabach→ Afte→ Alme→ Lippe→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Kleine Aa (or the Little Aabach) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a tributary of the Aabach. Thus it is part of the Rhine River Basin.
North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.
The Aabach is a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) long river in Germany, a left tributary of the river Afte. It rises near the village Madfeld, part of the town Brilon, in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia near the border with Hesse. From there it flows north between mountains up to 503 metres (1,650 ft) high through a forested landscape, partly in the natural park Diemelsee. After a few kilometers it flows into the artificial lake Aabachstausee. It flows to the north and empties only about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) further north after Bad Wünnenberg, where it flows into the Afte.
The Kleine Aa rises in East Westphalia 7 km north of the border to Hesse, between Bad Wunnenberg to the north-northwest and Marsberg in the east on the border between Brilon Plateau to the west and Sintfeld to the north. Its source is located 4.5 km west of Marsberg and about 5.4 km north-east of Brilon-Madfeld. Its water comes from a small wetland, located approximately 650 m northeast of the Totenkopf (502.6 m above sea level. NHN) on average 465 meters above sea level.
The Brilon Plateau is a highland area in the county of Hochsauerlandkreis in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is surrounded by the Brilon Heights, whose mountains reach a height of 670.2 m above sea level (NHN).
The Totenkopf is a hill 502.6 m above sea level (NHN), on the Brilon Heights in the counties of Hochsauerlandkreis and Paderborn, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
A few hundred meters northeast of the source of the Kleine Aa is the source of the Karpke ( "Cold Siepen"), not far south are the northern boundary of the nature park Diemelsee and the headwaters of Dütlingsbach. The sister stream of the Kleine Aa, the Große Aa, rises about 1.5 km south-west of its source.
Große Aa is a small river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The Kleine Aa flows generally north through a forested region between Obermarsberg, Madfeld and Fürstenberg, accompanied by forest roads and hiking trails. It feeds seven ponds and passes a former glassworks.
Obermarsberg is one of seventeen quarters in the municipality of Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the site of an Old Saxon hillfort and refuge castle, the Eresburg, on a hill 130m above the Diemel river, a tributary of the River Weser.
Bad Wünnenberg is a town in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Aabach, approx. 20 km south of Paderborn.
Finally, the Kleine Aa flows approximately 3 km south of Fürstenberg on 345.7 m elevation into the southeastern branch of the Aabachstausee, which is traversed by the Aabach. Since establishment of this small reservoir the last almost 800 m flow path of the stream to its former confluence with the Aabach are flooded by waters of the dam. Total Kleine Aa is therefore about 6.3 km long.
