Urtene

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
Woolibach, a source of the Urtene near the village of Deisswil
Location
CountrySwitzerland
StateBern
Physical characteristics
SourceA number of small streams in the Moossee Valley
 • locationBern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern
 • coordinates47°1′49″N 7°26′44″E
MouthEmme
 • location
below the Hof settlement between Bätterkinden and Schalunen, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
 • coordinates
47°7′10″N 7°32′6″E
Discharge 
 • average2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s)[1]
 • minimum1.36 m3/s (48 cu ft/s)[1]
 • maximum2.81 m3/s (99 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionEmme→ Aare→ Rhine→ North Sea

References

  1. 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.
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