Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
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Germany
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It rises at a height of on the Zugspitze Massif. The Partnach is fed by
meltwater
Meltwater is water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans. Meltwater is often found in the ablation zone of glaciers, where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be ...
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Schneeferner }
The Schneeferner in the Bavarian Alps is Germany's highest and largest glacier.Reintal valley. Until 2005 there were two mountain lakes here – the Vordere Blaue Gumpe and the Hintere Blaue Gumpe. At the first lake the water of the Partnach was impounded by scree from rock slides. As a result of heavy rain the natural dam, caused by rockfalls, was partially carried away and the lake was completed filled with sediment. As a result, the Blaue Gumpe does not exist any longer today.
Tributaries
The Partnach has the following tributaries which join it at or near the river kilometre shown in brackets:
*Kanker (0.9)
*Boddenberggraben (3.2)
*Hornschlittengraben (4.1)
*Eselsberggraben (4.4)
*Wildsaugraben (4.7)
*Graseckgraben (4.8)
*Streichlagraben (4.9)
*Ferchenbach (6.0 )
*Sulzgraben (7.8 )
*Klausengraben (8.2)
*Bodenlaine (8.3)
*Spitzwaldgraben (8.5)
*Ferlsbach (9.3 )
*Reintalbach (11.1)
Gallery
File:river_Partnach.JPG, The Partnach at the Reintalanger Hut
File:Partnachursprung.jpg, Source of the Partnach
File:Alpen Partnachklamm 3 von oben.jpg, The Partnachklamm from above
File:Alpen Partnachklamm Eingang 4.jpg, Entrance to the Partnachklamm
See also
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List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
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* Aalbach
*Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
* Ailsbach
*Aisch
* Aiterach
*Alpbach
*Alster
* Altmühl
*Alz
* Amper
* Anlauter
* Arbach
* Arbachgraben
*Aschaff
* Aschbach
* Attel
* Aubach, tributary of ...
Sources
* David Morche: ''Untersuchungen zum fluvialen Sedimenttransport in Einzugsgebieten der nördlichen Kalkalpen (Reintal/Wettersteingebirge und Lahnenwiesgraben/Ammergauer Alpen)'