The Urtene, also called the Urtenenbach is a river in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It is an 18 km (11 mi) long tributary of the river Emme. It drains a portion of the central Bernese Midland and belongs to the catchment area of the Rhine. The Drainage basin of Urtene is about 96 km2 (37 sq mi). The yearly average flow at the mouth of the river is 2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s).[1]
| Urtene | |
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_013.JPG) Woolibach, a source of the Urtene near the village of Deisswil | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| State | Bern |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | A number of small streams in the Moossee Valley |
| • location | Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern |
| • coordinates | 47°1′49″N 7°26′44″E / 47.03028°N 7.44556°E |
| Mouth | Emme |
• location | below the Hof settlement between Bätterkinden and Schalunen, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland |
• coordinates | 47°7′10″N 7°32′6″E / 47.11944°N 7.53500°E |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s)[1] |
| • minimum | 1.36 m3/s (48 cu ft/s)[1] |
| • maximum | 2.81 m3/s (99 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Emme→ Aare→ Rhine→ North Sea |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN) (31 December 2000). "FOEN- Mean runoff and flow regime types for the river network of Switzerland". www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home.html. Retrieved 10 June 2020.