Alte Elbe

Alte Elbe
Location
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates52°01′35″N 11°51′39″E / 52.0263°N 11.8609°E / 52.0263; 11.8609
Mouth 
 • coordinates
52°05′13″N 11°40′41″E / 52.0869°N 11.6780°E / 52.0869; 11.6780

Alte Elbe (lit. Old Elbe)[1] is the German name for oxbows of the Elbe, i.e. cut-off meanders. With about 20 km (12 mi) the largest one of these is the Dornburger Alte Elbe, a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

It branches of the Elbe near Dornburg [de; nl],[2] a district of Gommern. It flows into the Elbe at Magdeburg.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ German Democratic Republic. Nagel. 1982. ISBN 978-2-8263-0767-9.
  2. ^ Google (7 March 2019). "Dornburger Alte Elbe source" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ Google (7 March 2019). "Dornburger Alte Elbe mouth" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 March 2019.


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