Söse

Söse
The southwestern Harz with the River Söse
State	Lower Saxony, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 48828
Basin features
Main source	Auf dem Acker in the Harz ca. 800 m above sea level (NN)
River mouth	Into the Rhume near Katlenburg-Lindau 130 m above sea level (NN) 51°41′58″N 10°06′24″E / 51.6995°N 10.106556°E / 51.6995; 10.106556
Progression	Rhume → Leine → Aller → Weser → North Sea
River system	Weser
Basin size	212 km²
Landmarks	Large towns: Osterode
Tributaries	Left: Alte Söse Right: Große Bremke, Sülpkebach, Markau
Waterbodies	Reservoirs: Söse Reservoir
Physical characteristics
Length	38 km
Discharge	Location: at Riefensbeek gauge Minimum rate: Record low: 12 l/s (in 20.08.2003) Average low: 70 l/s Average rate: 654 l/s Maximum rate: Average high: 13.3 m³/s Record high: 56.5 m³/s (in 01.08.1967)

The Söse is a right tributary of the river Rhume, 38 kilometres long, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The river rises on the plateau of Auf dem Acker in the district of Osterode in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a pre-dam and then by the Söse Dam between the Osterode village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode am Harz itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen and then southwards near Eisdorf just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of Berka and Elvershausen, both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau in the district of Northeim.

At the confluence of the Great Söse and the Great Morgenbrod is the Morgenbrodt Hut (ca. 600 bis 605 m above NN; 146 – Morgenbrodt Hut 51°45′45″N 10°26′45″E / 51.76260°N 10.44573°E / 51.76260; 10.44573). This spot is no. 148 in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. The Morgenbrodt Hut was demolished in 2013 by the National Park Authority as it was falling down and it is not intended to be replaced.