Schwarzwasser (Sense)

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Schwarzwasser
Sense und Schwarzwasser.jpg
Confluence of the Schwarzwasser with the Sense
Location
Location Kanton Bern; Schweiz
Reference no.CH: 452
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationQuellgebiet: near Rüschegg between the peaks of Pfyffe to the west and Schüpfenflue to the east
  coordinates 46°44′1″N7°24′23″E / 46.73361°N 7.40639°E / 46.73361; 7.40639
  elevationca. 1,500  m above the sea
Mouth  
  location
Sense
  coordinates
46°51′47″N7°21′35″E / 46.86306°N 7.35972°E / 46.86306; 7.35972
  elevation
577  m above the sea
Length21.1 km [1]
Basin features
Progression Sense  Saane  Aare  Rhein  Nordsee
River system Rhein

Schwarzwasser is an approximately 21.1 kilometre (13.3 mi) long right tributary of the Sense River in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It drains a section of pre-Alpine hill country north of the Gantrisch chain and is part of the Rhine catchment area. [2]

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Source area

The headwaters of the Schwarzwasser are located at about 1500 m a.s.l. on the municipal ground of Rüschegg north of the Gantrisch area, in a basin on the northern slope of the Süftenegg between the peaks of Pfyffe (1666 m a.s.l.) in the west and Schüpfenflue (1720 m a.s.l.) in the east. In the first 5 km, the Schwarzwasser torrent overcomes a difference in altitude of more than 700 m; the notch valley is mostly deeply sunken into the slope. At the foot of the slope in the area of Heubach and Eigrund, the valley is filled with erosion material (boulders and gravel). Here the Schwarzwasser joins the Wissenbach, the Biberze (both from the right) and the Gambach (from the left), all streams that drain the Gurnigel area. [3]

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