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Stör (Elbe)

Elbe
Czech: Labe, German: Elbe, Low German: Ilv or Elv
River
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The Elbe (Labe) near Děčín, Czech Republic
Countries Czech Republic, Germany
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 / 50.7757194; 15.5361500
Mouth North Sea
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°E / 53.92222; 8.72222Coordinates: 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°E / 53.92222; 8.72222
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)
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The Elbe watershed
Elbe tributaries discharge diagram.svg
Tributaries of the Elbe

The Elbe (/ˈɛlbə/; Czech: About this sound 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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