The Platißbach is a roughly , southern and
orographically
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right-hand
tributary
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of the
River Olef in the municipality of
Hellenthal
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in
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.
Course
The Platißbach rises in the
High Fens-Eifel Nature Park
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in the
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natural region of the ''Hollerath Plateau''. Its
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lies about northwest of the village of
Hollerath and north of the
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border at a height of about 605 m.
The Platißbach initially flows in a northern direction. After about it collects an unnamed stream from the left and changes direction to head east. On reaching the
B 265 it changes course again and flows parallel to the road in a northwesterly direction to its mouth. On its way it flows through the ''Platißbach Valley'' Nature Reserve.
The Platißbach picks up other tributaries from both sides, near (a district of Hellenthal), the only village it passes, at a height of about 422 m, it is joined by its main tributary, the . In Hellenthal it empties into the
Urft
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tributary, the
Olef
The Olef is a river in Liège, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is long and a left-hand tributary of the Urft. It flows through the Eifel Mountains in the western part of the Germany and eastern part of Belgium.
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The O ...
, at about 403 m.
Catchment and tributaries
The
catchment
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of the Platißbachs is in area and drains over the Olef, Urft, Rur, Meuse and
Hollands Diep
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The Bergse Maas river and the N ...
into the North Sea.
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See also
*List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:
A
* Aa, left tributary of the Möhne
* Aa, left tributary of the Nethe
* Aa, left tributary of the Werre
* Aabach, tributary of the Afte
* Aabach, small river in the Ems river system
* Abbabac ...
References
Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rivers of the Eifel
Euskirchen (district)
Rivers of Germany