Ruhlander Schwarzwasser

The Ruhlander Schwarzwasser is a left-hand tributary of the Black Elster in the east German states of Brandenburg and Saxony.

Ruhlander Schwarzwasser
The Ruhlander Schwarzwasser in Jannowitz
Location
CountryGermany
StatesSaxony and Brandenburg
Reference no.DE: 53818
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSource region: in the Bernsdorf municipal forest near Heide, part of Wiednitz
  coordinates51°23′48″N 14°03′25″E
  elevation146 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
  location
near Ruhland into the Black Elster
  coordinates
51°27′50″N 13°48′56″E
  elevation
95 m above sea level (NN)
Basin size269 km²
Basin features
ProgressionBlack Elster Elbe North Sea
River systemElbe
Tributaries 
  leftSaleskbach

Course

It rises in the Bernsdorf Forest (Bernsdorfer Gemeindewald) near Heide, a village in the borough of Wiednitz (today part of Bernsdorf). As it makes its way westwards, this small river flows partly through the state of Brandenburg and partly through Saxony. In the Ruhland Heath (Ruhlander Heide) it forms the boundary between the two states. There it is also joined from the left by the Saleskbach, which comes from the heath villages of Cosel, Grüngräbchen and Großgrabe.

The Schwarzwasser then flows northwards through Jannowitz and Arnsdorf. It discharges into the Schwarze Elster near the town of Ruhland.

In Arnsdorf the Sieggraben dyke branches off on the left. It also enters the Black Elster, below Ruhland.

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