Weser
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Weser | |
Werser (Law German) | |
River | |
The Weser near Bad Oeynhausen.
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Name oreegin: *weis, germanic, meanin tae flow | |
Kintra | Germany |
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Bundesland | Bremen, Lawer Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalie, Thuringia, Hessen |
Tributaries | |
- left | Diemel, Emmer, Werre, Große Aue, Hunte |
- right | Aller, Lesum |
Ceeties | Bremerhaven, Bremen, Minden, Hamelin, Hann. Münden, Kassel, Fulda |
Soorce | |
- location | Confluence o the Fulda an Werra rivers in Hann. Münden |
- elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
- coordinates | 51°25′17″N 9°38′53″E / 51.42139°N 9.64806°E |
Mooth | Wadden Sea/North Sea |
- location | Bremerhaven/Nordenham |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 53°32′8″N 8°33′56″E / 53.53556°N 8.56556°ECoordinates: 53°32′8″N 8°33′56″E / 53.53556°N 8.56556°E |
Lenth | 452 km (281 mi) |
Basin | 46,306 km2 (17,879 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 327 m3/s (11,548 cu ft/s) |
Wattershed o the Weser
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The Weser (German pronunciation: [ˈveːzɐ]) is a river in north-wastren Germany. Furmed at Hannoversch Münden bi the confluence o the rivers Fulda an Werra, it flows through Lawer Saxony, then reachin the Hanseatic-toun Bremen (see: Hanseatic League), afore emptyin 50 km further north at Bremerhaven intae the North Sea. On the opposite (wast) bank is the toun o Nordenham at the fit o the Butjadingen Peninsula; thus, the mooth o the river is locatit in Lawer Saxony. The Weser haes an owerall length o 452 km. Thegither wi its Werra tributary, which oreeginates in Thuringie, its length is 744 km.