The Kleine Aue ("Little Aue") is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It discharges into the Große Aue ("Great Aue") from the left in Barenburg.
Kleine Aue | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Diepholz |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | in the Geestmoor near Scholen-Blockwinkel |
• coordinates | 52°45′25″N 8°45′04″E / 52.75681°N 8.75116°E |
• elevation | 50 m |
Mouth | |
• location | at Barenburg into the Große Aue |
• coordinates | 52°36′56″N 8°47′42″E / 52.61559°N 8.79508°E |
• elevation | 33 m |
Length | 17.7 km (11.0 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 107.32 km2 (41.44 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Barenburg |
Basin features | |
Progression | Große Aue→ Weser→ North Sea |
Tributaries | |
• right | Kuhbach |
It is the lower one of two homonymous tributaries of that affluent of River Weser. It has a length of 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi). Its entire course is lying in the district of Diepholz in the federal state of Lower Saxony.
Course
editThe river rises southwest of Scholen, flows in a southerly direction through Schwaförden, west of the town of Sulingen and is joined by the Kuhbach stream. It then continues through Kirchdorf and discharges into the Große Aue at Barenburg.
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- ELWAS, the Northrhine-Westphalian hydrological information board, with kilometring also in neighbouring regions Archived 2020-07-07 at the Wayback Machine