Polenz

Polenz
The Polenz valley immediately above the Lusatian Fault
Location Germany
Length 31.3 km [1]
Source in Saxony
Source height ca. 380 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth confluence with the Sebnitz at Lachsbach near Porschdorf
50°56′35″N 14°08′06″E / 50.943148°N 14.135120°E / 50.943148; 14.135120
Mouth height ca. 150 m above sea level (NN)
Descent ca. 230 m
Basin Elbe
Catchment 104 km² [1]
Discharge[2] Average mid:   1.1 m³/s
Cities keine
Large towns keine
Small towns Neustadt in Sachsen, Hohnstein
Navigable nein

The Polenz is the right-hand, smaller headstream of the Lachsbach in the German state of Saxony. Its lower course flows through the western Elbe Sandstone Mountains in a canyon-like valley.

Geography

The Polenz rises from nine springs on the German-Czech border between the villages of Langburkersdorf and Nová Víska (Neudörfel). The springs are located southwest of the 461 m high Roubený (Raupenberg) mainly on German territory and unite at a height of 363 m above sea level. The upper reaches of the Polenz form the natural boundary between the Hohwald and Saxon Switzerland.

Tributaries

The most important tributaries of the Polenz are the:

References

  1. 1 2 Topographische Karte 1:25,000
  2. The regional drainage of the catchment areas of the Polenz and Sebnitz at the Porschdorf am Lachsbach gauge is 11.3 l/s km². That gives an average for the Polenz, with its catchment area of 104 km², of about 1.1 m³/s

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