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The Dove Elbe () is a closed anabranch of the
Unterelbe The Unterelbe or, in English usually the Lower Elbe, refers to the lower reaches of the river Elbe in Germany influenced by the tides. It starts at kilometre 586, at the sluice of Geesthacht, where the Elbe forms the border between Lower Sa ...
, the lower part of the river
Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...
(near
Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...
,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
). The inflow is blocked by a dike since 1438. The lower end was shortened by a redirection of the
Norderelbe The Norderelbe () (Northern Elbe) is one of the two big anabranches of the Unterelbe river in the area which is now the Port of Hamburg, Germany. The other anabranch is the Süderelbe. Together they form the island of Wilhelmsburg. See al ...
in 1579. Its
Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...
name translates to "deaf Elbe"; it is
etymologically Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words an ...
unrelated to the bird.


See also

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List of rivers of Hamburg A list of rivers of Hamburg, Germany: A *Alster B *Berner Au * Bille *Bredenbek D * Deepenhorngraben * Dove Elbe * Dradenau *Düpenau E *Elbe * Este F * Flottbek G * Glinder Au *Gose Elbe K *Köhlbrand * Kollau L * Ladenbek *Lottbek *Lurupe ...
Rivers of Hamburg Bergedorf Rivers of Germany {{Germany-river-stub