Else is a 12.9 km river in
Märkischer Kreis,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Lenne. The Else rises about 800m north of
Herscheid to an altitude of 414m above sea level. As it flows to the east, the stream reaches the area of the
Plettenberg-Hüinghausen airfield and passes the village of Hüinghausen on its southern edge. It then proceeds through
Plettenberg, before joining up with the Lenne.
There is a height difference of 214m between the source and the mouth, which corresponds to a mean gradient of 16.6%.
See also
*
List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
A list of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany:
A
* Aa, left tributary of the Möhne
* Aa, left tributary of the Nethe
* Aa, left tributary of the Werre
* Aabach, tributary of the Afte
* Aabach, small river in the Ems river system
*Abbabach ...
References
Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rivers of Germany
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