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  Aachtopf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aachtopf is Germany's biggest spring in terms of production, 8,500 liters per second on average.
It is a karst spring which is located south of the western end of the Swabian Jura, near the town Aach, Baden-Württemberg.
The name Aachtopf is built of Aach, the name of the river which springs here, and Topf which translates bowl and is commonly used for round, bowl-shaped springs.
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 Aachtopf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Aachtopf is (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany's biggest spring in terms of production, 8,500 liters per second on average.
It is a karst spring which is located south of the western end of the (additional info and facts about Swabian Jura) Swabian Jura, near the town Aach, (additional info and facts about Baden-Württemberg) Baden-Württemberg.
The Aach is flowing southwards and soon merges with the (A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea) Rhine.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Aa/Aachtopf.htm   (303 words)

  
 Springs of Germany: Aachquelle
The Aachtopf (Aach spring) is the resurgence of the
The water is swallowed in Malm beta reappears in the Aach spring in Malm zeta.
In the neighbourhood of the Aachtopf are 11 more little springs, most of them inside the Aach river, some at the shores of the river.
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 Danube River: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Danube River
On many days in the summer, when the Danube carries little water, it completely oozes away noisily into these underground channels at two locations in the Swabian Alp, which are referred to as the Donauversickerung (Danube Sink).
Most of this water resurfaces only 12 km south at the Aachtopf[?], Germany's most yielding wellspring with an average production of 8,000 liters per second, north of Lake Constance -- thus feeding the Rhine.
The European Water Divide thus in fact only for those waters that pass beyond this point, and only during the days of the year where the Danube carries enough water in the first place.
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 Stream capture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Within an area of karst topography streams may sink or flow underground (sinking or losing streams) and reappear in a nearby stream valley.
An example of this karst stream capturing currently developing in Germany is the Donauversickerung, where a big portion of the upper parts of the Danube river sink into the limestone bedrock, and resurface in the Aachtopf spring, a tributary to the Rhine river.
This page was last modified 20:36, 12 June 2005.
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 Aachtopf Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Crossing the Danube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was found to emerge again some 12 kilometres further to the south, at a point known as the ‘Aachtopf’ or Aach pot, which is Germany’s most abundant spring at around 10,000 litres a second.
It has been estimated that the underground reservoir feeding the ‘Aachtopf’ has a volume of around 50 million cubic metres, plenty of capacity to accommodate the whole volume of the river at this point.
Our journey did not include a visit to the ‘Aachtopf’, but continued along the banks of the Danube, through magnificent scenery, with limestone cliffs each side of the river.
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 Aachtopf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Aachtopf is Germany's biggest spring in terms of production, which is 8.500 liter per second in average.It is a karst spring which islocated south of the western end of the Swabian Jura, near the city Aach, Baden-Württemberg.
The name Aachtopf is built of Aach, the name of the river which springs here, and Topf which translatesbowl and is commonly used for round, bowl-shaped springs.
A local caving club was formed to find this cave by digging a shaft behind the collapse.
www.therfcc.org /aachtopf-163256.html   (259 words)

  
 Aachtopf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As typical for karst springs the depends very much on the season and weather but it never falls dry.
The name Aachtopf is built of Aach the name of the river which here and Topf which translates bowl and is commonly used for round springs.
A local caving club was formed find this cave by digging a shaft the collapse.
www.freeglossary.com /Aachtopf   (228 words)

  
 danub information,danube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Onmany days in the summer, when the danub carries little water, it completely oozes away noisily into these underground channelsat two locations in the Swabian Alp, which are referred to as the Donauversickerung (danub Sink).
Most of this waterresurfaces only 12 km south at the Aachtopf, Germany's most yielding wellspringwith an average production of 8,000 liters per second, north of LakeConstance -- thus feeding the Rhine.
The European Water Divide thus in fact only for those waters that pass beyond thispoint, and only during the days of the year where the danub carries enough water in the first place.
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 Chronik des deutschen Höhlenforschungstauchens
1886: A diver explores the Aachtopf entrance section, using Standard Equipment.
1970: Jochen Hasenmayer extends the Aachtopf explorations to 400m from the entrance.
In the mid-80ties Harald Schetter mounts several expeditions into the Aachtopf.
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 Aach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
März 1799 fanden hier Gefechte zwischen den Österreichern und Franzosen statt.
Auf dem Stadtgebiet liegt die größte Quelle Deutschlands, die Quelle der in den Bodensee mündenden Hegauer Aach (Aachquelle oder Aachtopf).
Die Quelle speist sich aus dem Wasser der Donau, die etwa 12 km von der Aachquelle entfernt zwischen Immendingen und Fridingen im verkarsteten Kalk des Weißen Jura versickert (Donauversickerung).
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