Labe River
| Elbe | |
| Czech: Labe, German: Elbe, Low German: Ilv or Elv | |
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 The Elbe (Labe) near Děčín, Czech Republic
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| Countries | Czech Republic, Germany |
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| Regions |
Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Central Bohemia, Ústí nad Labem, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Vltava, Ohře, Mulde, Saale, Ohre, Ilmenau, Este, Lühe, Schwinge, Oste, Medem |
| - right | Jizera, Schwarze Elster, Havel, Elde, Bille, Alster |
| Cities | Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Ústí nad Labem, Dresden, Meißen, Wittenberg, Dessau, Magdeburg, Hamburg, Stade, Cuxhaven |
| Source | Bílé Labe |
| - location | Krkonoše, Czech Republic |
| - elevation | 1,386 m (4,547 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°46′32.59″N 15°32′10.14″E / 50.7757194°N 15.5361500°E |
| Mouth | North Sea |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°ECoordinates: 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°E |
| Length | 1,091 km (678 mi) |
| Basin | 148,268 km2 (57,247 sq mi) |
| Discharge | mouth |
| - average | 870 m3/s (30,724 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 1,232 m3/s (43,508 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 493 m3/s (17,410 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge elsewhere (average) | |
| - Děčín | 303 m3/s (10,700 cu ft/s) |
 The Elbe watershed
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 Tributaries of the Elbe
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The Elbe (/ˈɛlbə/; Czech: 
Labe [ˈlabɛ]; German: Elbe [ˈɛlbə]; Low German: Elv) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 kilometres (680 mi).
The Elbe's major tributaries include the rivers Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohře.
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