Hase

For other uses, seeHase (disambiguation).

Hase
Hase - ElseRiver bifurcation
Course of the Hase through theHase Valley
Etymology	haswa,germanicfor gray
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Cities	Meppen(mouth) Haselünne Herzlake Löningen Essen Quakenbrück Bersenbrück Bramsche Osnabrück Wellingholzhausen(source)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Melle-Wellingholzhausen,Teutoburg Forest
• coordinates	52°7′57″N8°15′53″E
• elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Mouth	Ems River
• location	Meppen
• coordinates	52°41′28″N7°17′48″E
• elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Length	169.7 km (105.4 mi)
Basin size	3,116 km2(1,203 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Ems→North Sea
Tributaries
• right	Südradde,Mittelradde

TheHaseis a 169.7-kilometre-long (105.4 mi) river ofLower Saxony,Germany.It is a right tributary of theEms,but part of its flow goes to theElse,that is part of theWeserbasin. Its source is in theTeutoburg Forest,south-east ofOsnabrück,on the north slope of the 307-metre-high (1,007 ft) Hankenüll hill.

Weser-Ems watershed

After about 15 kilometres (9 mi), nearGesmoldand about 6 kilometres (4 mi) west ofMelle,the Hase encounters an anomaly of terrain and bifurcates such that each branch flows in a different drainage system:

• one third of its waters flow along the south side of theWiehengebirgehills eastward from Gesmold into the Else, which begins there, and flows into theWerreatKirchlengern(north ofHerford). The Werre is a tributary of theWeser.
• two thirds of its waters (theHase proper) flow northwest from Gesmold toward Osnabrück, past the towns listed below, and towardMeppen,where the Ems receives its flow.

Towns

• Melle
• Bissendorf
• Osnabrück
• Wallenhorst
• Bramsche– to the south of this city the Hase crosses theMittelland Canal
• Rieste
• Alfhausen– here the Hase forms theAlfsee,an artificial lake acting as floodretention basinfor the lower reaches
• Bersenbrück
• Badbergen
• Quakenbrück– in the southeast the Hase divides into two branches: the Big Hase (passing the town in the northeast) and the Little Hase (which itself is divided into several branches within the town, one of which leaves the town northwards to the Big Hase) (Binnendelta)
• Menslage– here the Hase is channelled into the Little Hase
• Löningen– here it flows into a somewhat northerly branch: the Big Hase
• Herzlake– here the two branches flow together again
• Haselünne
• Meppen

Hydroelectricity

Currently oneRun-of-the-river hydroelectricityis installed

Location	Operator	Power	active
Bersenbrück, Wasserkraftwerk Hasemühle	private	190 kW	yes

Pictures

The Hase at Wallenhorst

River mouth inMeppen,seen from riverEms

See also

• List of rivers of Lower Saxony

References

Media related toHaseat Wikimedia Commons