Rodau is a river 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 ...

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. It is a left-hand tributary of the

Wiedau Wiedau is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the Wümme. The Wiedau begins near Bellen (a district of Brockel) in the vicinity of Hemslingen in the district of at the confluence of the Hahnenbach and the Mehlandsb ...

. The Rodau rises near , a borough of

Visselhövede Visselhövede () is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg. Visselhövede b ...

, in the district of Rotenburg an der Wümme at the foot of a ridge of

end moraine A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by the front edge ...

that falls away to the northwest and dates to the Drenthe stage of the

Saale glaciation The Saale glaciation or Saale Glaciation, sometimes referred to as the Saalian glaciation, Saale cold period (german: Saale-Kaltzeit), Saale complex (''Saale-Komplex'') or Saale glacial stage (''Saale-Glazial'', colloquially also the ''Saale-Eiszei ...

. The river then crosses the densely wooded and near-natural ''Rosebruch'' in the area of the

Samtgemeinde Bothel Bothel is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Bothel. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Bothel consists of the following municipalities: # Bothel # Brockel # Hems ...

and discharges into the Wiedau at

Rotenburg an der Wümme Rotenburg an der Wümme (also known as ''Rotenburg (Wümme)''; ''Rotenburg in Hannover'' until May 1969; Northern Low Saxon: ''Rodenborg'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Rotenburg. Geography Rotenburg ...

, before the Wiedau in turn enters the Wümme after only . The

Vissel Vissel (also Visselbach) is a stream in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the Lüneburg Heath. The Vissel rises at Visselhövede and flows into the Rodau southwest of Bothel. See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of ...

joins the Rodau near Bothel. This stream rises in

in one of the biggest springs in the Lower Saxon Plain and, at its mouth, carries around 25% more water than the Rodau, hence it is actually the main headstream of the Rodau.

Water sport

The Rodau is a popular area with anglers and

canoe A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using a single-bladed paddle. In British English, the term ...

ists.

References

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