Wüeribach

The Wüeribach (also called the Dorfbach and Fischbach in its upper reaches) is a tributary of the Reppisch, around 8 kilometres long, in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It rises in the municipality of Bonstetten, flows through the narrow ''Wüerital'' valley and reaches the Reppisch valley near Birmensdorf, wo it empties, parallel to the rather smaller Lunnerenbach, into the lower Reppisch. The Wüeribach is the longest and biggest tributary of the Reppisch and has an average flow rate of 310 L/s.

Geography

Course

The Wüeribach rises as the ''Dorfbach'' at in the forest area of ''Birch'' above Bonstetten. From here it flows initially mainly in a northwestern direction through the village of Bonstetten, much of it being canalized as it passes through. It leaves the village and runs, having been straightened out, through fields across a wide plain in a northern direction. Shortly afterwards the stream reaches the municipal boundary with Wettswil am Albis, where it is called the ''Fischbach''. It passes to the west of the village and collects the waters of the roughly four-kilometre-long ''Fridgraben''. It reaches the northern municipal boundary with Birmensdorf, where the stream snakes through the narrow ''Wüerital'' into the Reppisch valley. This valley was formed in the last ice age as a meltwater gully of the Wettswiler and the Aescher Zunge of the Reuss Glacier. The Wüeribach now reaches Birmensdorf, collects the Aescherbach from the left and finally discharges into the Reppisch at an elevation of .

Catchment

The catchment area is 14.6 km² and extends over the districts of Affoltern and Dietikon. 51.6% of the catchment area is used for agriculture, 24.6% is built up and 23.9% is near-natural vegetation and forest. The highest point of the catchment area is in Islisberg, its average elevation is

In the south is the catchment of the Hofibach, which drains into the Jonen; in the west is the catchment of the Aescherbach and to the east and north lies the valley of the Reppisch.

Tributaries

First- and higher-order tributaries of the ''Wüeribach'' with their length:
;Wüeribach source ()
*Strassacherbach (''left''), 1.1 km
**Bodenfeldbach (''left''), 0.8 km
*Fluechbach (''left''), 2 km
**Dornmattbach (''right''), 0.5 km
**right-hand side arm (''right''), 0.1 km
**Hirschenbach (''left''), 0.9 km
***Chäserenbach (''right''), 0.2 km
**Lüttenbergbach (''left''), 0.5 km
**Schrannenbach/Schrannenbächli (''left''), 0.3 km
*Fridgraben (''right''), 4,2 km
**Isenbach (''left''), 0.4 km
***Schladmatterbach (''left''), 0.3 km
**Schachenbach (''right''), 1.1 km
**Hofächerbach (''right''), 0.4 km
*Wettswiler West Channel (''left''), 0.7 km
*Filderenbach (''left''), 1.3 km
*Täntenbach (''left''), 1.1 km
*Cholholzbächli (''left''), 0.1 km
*Gättikerbächli (''left''), 0.2 km
*Aescherbach (''left''), 3.2 km
**Sunnebrunne (''left''), 0.1 km
**Moosbächli (''right''), 0.2 km
**Uelisweidbächli (''right''), 1 km
**Stierenwaldbach (''left''), 0.8 km
***Eichholzbach (''right''), 0.5 km
**Chürzibach (''right''), 1.5 km
**Mättlibach (''left''), 0.2 km
**Rebacherbach (''right''), 0.2 km
**Sägissenbach (''left''), 0.2 km
**Chilstigbächli (''left''), 0.2 km
;Wüeribach mouth ()

Sources

Geoinformation system of the canton of Zürich

References

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Rivers of the canton of Zürich
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Rivers of Switzerland