Schussen
River in Germany
The Schussen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊsn̩]) is a 59-kilometre-long (37 mi) tributary of Lake Constance (Bodensee), which drains to the High Rhine, in the southern portion of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
01Course
From its source, not far from the Lake Feder, around 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of Bad Schussenried, where it runs down the watershed between the Rhine and the Danube, to the Bodensee.
The river passes south of Aulendorf through its own valley in the northern part of the Altdorf Forests, through the Schussen ravine by Durlesbach and by Mochewangen (Wolpertswende), and from there into the broad Schussen Valley. The valley was not created by the river itself, but rather during one of the Ice Ages. From there it runs past the small city of Weingarten, and, further, by Ravensburg and through the district of Meckenbeuren, before it flows out into Upper Lake Constance (Obersee) in the vicinity of Eriskirch, at the Eriskircher wetlands.
02Tributaries
Several streams enter the Schussen, including the Wolfegger Ach, which originates between Binningen and Niederbiegen (both are part of the community of Baienfurt). Other tributaries include the Scherzach, Scharzach, and the Ravensburg city creek.
03Oddities
In the course of its passage through the County of Biberach, the Schussen is the only stream that flows south to the Bodensee; all others flow north to the Danube.
Sources and credits
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- Schussenquelle.jpg by Ssch at German Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Enslin at de.wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
- D - Schussen - Einzugsgebiet.jpeg by Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe / Institut für Seenforschung, Langenargen, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
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