Kleine Steinau | |
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Location | Osterode am Harz district in Lower Saxony, Germany |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Between Schindelkopf and Spießerklippe on the Acker 690 m above sea level 51°43′02″N 10°21′05″E / 51.7171°N 10.3515°ECoordinates: 51°43′02″N 10°21′05″E / 51.7171°N 10.3515°E |
River mouth | Near Aschenhütte into the Sieber 210 m above sea level 51°40′26″N 10°18′06″E / 51.6740°N 10.3018°E |
Length | 8.7 km |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sieber → Oder → Rhume → Leine → Aller → Weser |
River system | Weser |
Tributaries |
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The Kleine Steinau is an 8.7 km long tributary of the Sieber, north of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony. It rises at about 690 metres between the Schindelkopf mountain and the Spießerklippe crags on the ridge of Auf dem Acker. It initially flows in a westerly direction, but later swings south before emptying into the River Sieber near the small settlement of Aschenhütte, not far from the mouth of the Große Steinau. In the upper reaches of the Kleine Steinau it is also called the Schindelgraben, although it is not clear from the maps at which point the name changes.