Unterelbe
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| Unterelbe | |
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 Unterelbe, from Geesthacht to Cuxhaven | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hamburg |
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| River system | Elbe |
TheUnterelbeor, in English usually theLower Elbe,refers to the lower reaches of the riverElbeinGermanyinfluenced by thetides.
It starts at kilometre 586, at thesluiceofGeesthacht,where the Elbe forms the border betweenLower SaxonyandSchleswig-Holstein.It continues downstream, then forming the border between Lower Saxony andHamburg,before fully entering Hamburg territory. In Hamburg the Unterelbe forms twoanabranches,NorderelbeandSüderelbe,the latter now partially a cut-off meander. Where Norderelbe and Süderelbe used to reunite, at kilometre 634 there is a bay called theMühlenberger Loch.This marks the beginning of the section of the Unterelbe which called theNiederelbe.After leaving Hamburg it forms the border between Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, again. The end it defined by theKugelbakeinCuxhavenat kilometre 727.73. It continues further into theWadden Seaas theAußenelbe,where it passes the Hamburg islandsScharhörnandNigehörn.
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