Lopau

Lopau
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	source streams in the parish of Lopau
• coordinates	53°03′23″N 10°12′16″E / 53.0563194°N 10.204306°E / 53.0563194; 10.204306
• elevation	70 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	near Oldendorf into the Luhe
• coordinates	53°08′43″N 10°12′55″E / 53.14528°N 10.21528°E / 53.14528; 10.21528
• elevation	37 m above sea level (NN)
Length	12.8 km (8.0 mi) [1]
Basin size	101 km2 (39 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Luhe→ Ilmenau→ Elbe→ North Sea
Landmarks	Small towns: Lopau, a village in Munster borough Villages: Rehlingen, Amelinghausen
Tributaries
• left	Ehlbeck
Waterbodies	Lakes: Lopausee

The Lopau is a river in the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It is a right tributary of the Luhe.

Course

The Lopau rises with two headstreams from the ponds known as the Süderteichen and the Westerteichen in the Westergrund in the Munster North Training Area, near the abandoned village of Lopau, that lies within the borough of Munster. In its upper reaches the Lopau flows through uncultivated grassland, which is becoming increasingly afforested by alders and invaded by the wooded area of the Raubkammer. In Bockum, a village in the municipality of Rehlingen in Lüneburg District, it picks up the Ehlbeck, a left-hand tributary. East of Amelinghausen the river is impounded by a dam by the B 209 federal road to create the tourist lake of Lopausee. North of Amelinghausen the Lopau discharges into the Luhe near the gravesite of Oldendorfer Totenstatt by Oldendorf (Luhe). From source to mouth the river is 12.7 km.

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