Ore ( German: Ohre ) is a river in Germany , the left tributary of the Elbe .
| Ore | |
|---|---|
| him. Ohre | |
 River near Kalferde | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 103 km |
| Pool | 1503 km² |
| Water consumption | 4.16 m³ / s |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Ordorf |
| • Height | 75 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Elba |
| • Location | Rogets |
| • Height | 35 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Elba → North Sea |
| A country |
|
| Regions | Lower Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt |
 - source  - mouth | |
Geography
The river originates in Ordorf, north of Wolfsburg ( Lower Saxony ), flows mainly to the southeast. In the upper reaches, it serves as the border between the lands of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (to Ebisfelde-Weferlingen ), and from 1949 to 1990 the same section of the river was part of the state border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic . It falls into the Elbe in the commune of Rogets north of Magdeburg .
The area of the river basin is 1503 km² [1] . The total length of the river is 103 km . The height of the source is 75 m. The height of the mouth is 35 m. In Saxony-Anhalt, the Central German Canal runs parallel to the river. Part of the Aller and Ore River Basin, as well as part of the canal, is part of the Dremling Nature Park , created in 1990.
Cities located on the banks of the river:
- Wittingen
- Kloetze
- Ebisfelde-Weferlingen
- Haldensleben
- Wolmirstedt
Gallery
Notes
- ↑ Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch (unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 8, 2014. Archived February 21, 2014.