Urtene

The Urtene, also called the Urtenenbach is a river in the Swiss Canton of Bern. It is an 18 km (11 mi) long tributary of the river Emme. It drains a portion of the central Bernese Midland and belongs to the catchment area of the Rhine. The Drainage basin of Urtene is about 96 km² (37 sq mi). The yearly average flow at the mouth of the river is 2.03 m³/s (72 cu ft/s).^[1]

Urtene
Woolibach, a source of the Urtene near the village of Deisswil
Location
Country	Switzerland
State	Bern
Physical characteristics
Source	A number of small streams in the Moossee Valley
• location	Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern
• coordinates	47°1′49″N 7°26′44″E
Mouth	Emme
• location	below the Hof settlement between Bätterkinden and Schalunen, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
• coordinates	47°7′10″N 7°32′6″E
Discharge
• average	2.03 m3/s (72 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	1.36 m3/s (48 cu ft/s)[1]
• maximum	2.81 m3/s (99 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Emme→ Aare→ Rhine→ North Sea

References

1. Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN) (31 December 2000). "FOEN- Mean runoff and flow regime types for the river network of Switzerland". www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home.html. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

External links

• Ökologische Beurteilung des Flusslaufs der Urtene (pdf)1995
• GUTHRUF, J. et al. Renaturierung Urtene Holzmühle 2004-2007, Erfolgskontrolle 2008(pdf)2009