Wätering is a small river of

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. It is one of the outflows of the lake

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, and it flows into the

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near

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The approximately 7 km long Wätering runs exclusively between the

inland lake

and the Lower Saxony district town of

. It originates from the Dümmer, specifically its northern side near the Lembruch district of Eickhöpen (in the joint municipality

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), then flows in a northerly direction west of Federal Highway 51 and occasionally - in the Graftlage area - directly alongside it. In this area, immediately to the west of it, along a field path, the

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"Diepholz Dümmer" is located. South of the city center of Diepholz, near the Fliegerhorst Airfield, the Wätering flows into the Hunte, which then continues to flow in a northerly direction.

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See also