
Jümme 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 ...
,
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
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
Leda.
The Jümme's headwaters are the
Aper Tief, which flows from the
Oldenburg geest
Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash plai ...
, and the
Soeste
Soeste is a river in the Cloppenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Ems.
The Soeste forms from two source brooks in Hesselnfeld and Egterholz, two small settlements in the Emstek municipality. It flows northwest through ...
. The Jümme proper is long from the Aper Tief to its confluence with the Leda near Wiltshausen and is tidal.
OSM-Releation der Jümme
/ref> Including its source river Soeste, its total length is .
Fishing rights rest with the local fishing club, ''Fischereiverein Altes Amt Stickhausen'', which issues fishing permits to its members and to visiting anglers.
The Jümme gives its name to the collective municipality of Jümme.
Together with the Leda the Jümme forms the so-called ''Zweistromland'' or "Two Rivers Land", the Leda-Jümme region, one of the most charming areas in East Frisia
East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...
, with its numerous lakes such as the ''Jümmesee'' which covers an area of .
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.
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* Purrmühlenbach
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* Tiefenbeek
* Trillkebach
* Trutenbeek
* Twiste
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* Uffe
* Ulrich ...
References
External links
The ''Pünte'' - a floating monument on the Jümme
Rivers of Lower Saxony
Geography of East Frisia
Rivers of Germany
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