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The Niederelbe (i.e. Lower Elbe) is a long section of the river
The Niederelbe (i.e. Lower Elbe) is a long section 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 ...
, from western Hamburg
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downstream to its mouth into the North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegia ...
near Cuxhaven. Starting at (or Elbe kilometer 634) near Finkenwerder
Finkenwerder (; Low German: ''Finkwarder'', ''Finkenwarder'' or ''- wärder''; German: ''Finkeninsel''; translation: Island of finches) is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the borough Hamburg-Mitte. It is the location of a plant of Airbus and its ...
, Hamburg, it gradually widens from to . Once passing the Hamburg state border, the Niederelbe also forms the border between the states 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 ...
and Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schl ...
.
The Niederelbe forms part of the Elbe section named 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 S ...
(i. e. Lower ("Under") Elbe), comprising all parts of the Elbe influenced by the North Sea's tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables can ...
s, starting further inland at the sluice
Sluice ( ) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered ...
in Geesthacht
Geesthacht () is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, south-east of Hamburg on the right bank of the River Elbe.
History
A church was built in what is today ...
(or Elbe kilometer 586).
See also
*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
* ...
*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
* Ulrich ...
*List of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein
A list of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
A
* Aalbek, flowing through the Hemmelsdorfer See and into the Baltic Sea
* Aalbek, tributary of the Stör
*Alster
*Alte Schwentine
* Arlau
B
* Barnitz
* Basshornlaufgraben
* Bekau
* Beste
* ...
External links
* Elbe Rivers of Hamburg Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of Schleswig-Holstein Rivers of Germany {{LowerSaxony-river-stub