The Lenne is a tributary of the river
Ruhr in the
Sauerland hills, western
Germany
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. It has caused flooding in recent years.
Having its source on top of the ''
Kahler Asten Kahler may refer to:
Places
*Kahler, Luxembourg, a small town in the commune of Garnich
*Kahler Asten, a German mountain range
Other uses
*Kahler (surname)
*Kahler's disease, a cancer otherwise known as ''multiple myeloma''
*Kahler Tremolo System, ...
'' near
Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the Lenne ends after a course of 129 km flowing into the
Ruhr river near the city of
Hagen. With an average discharge of 25 m³/s near its mouth, it is the main tributary of the
Ruhr.
References
*
Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rivers of Germany
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