The Eipenke is a left tributary of the
River Söse near
Osterode in the
Harz
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
Mountains in the German state of
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
.
Course
The Eipenke rises south of the
Söse Reservoir
Söse is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and long.
Geography
The Söse rises on the plateau of '' Auf dem Acker'' in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Ge ...
and flows below the hill known as the ''Sösenkopf'' (423 m)
[Deutschland 1010/2011:''ADAC Reise Atlas 1:200000 © 2009 MairDumont Media, D-73751 Ostfildern (2.)''] in a western direction. It discharges into the
Söse
Söse is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and long.
Geography
The Söse rises on the plateau of ''Auf dem Acker'' in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Ger ...
in the Osterode district of Scheerenberg.
See also
*
List of rivers of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea.
A–Z
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
* Purrmühlenbach
R
S
T
*Tiefenbeek
*Trillkebach
*Trutenbeek
* Twiste
U
* Uffe
*Ulrichswas ...
References
Rivers of Lower Saxony
Rivers of the Harz
Göttingen (district)
Rivers of Germany
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