Gande (river)

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Gande
Stauwehr der Gande.jpg
The Gande in Bad Gandersheim
Location
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source 
 - locationnear Lamspringe
Mouth  
near Kreiensen
 - coordinates
51°51′15″N9°56′57″E / 51.854038°N 9.949246°E / 51.854038; 9.949246
Length19.2 km (11.9 mi) [1]
Discharge 
 - locationat Gandersheim gauge [2]
 - average0.824 m3/s (29.1 cu ft/s)
 - minimumRecord low: 0.010 m3/s (0.35 cu ft/s)/s (in 24.10.1977)
Average low: 0.166 m3/s (5.9 cu ft/s)
 - maximumAverage high: 15.9 m3/s (560 cu ft/s)
Record high: 41.8 m3/s (1,480 cu ft/s) (in 28.10.1998)
Basin features
Progression LeineAllerWeserNorth Sea
LandmarksSmall towns: Bad Gandersheim
Tributaries 
 - leftMeine, Eterna

The Gande is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right-hand tributary of the River Leine.

Lower Saxony State in Germany

Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km2 (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Leine river in Germany, tributary of the River Aller

The Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and it is 281 km (175 mi) long.

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Course

The Gande rises near the town of Lamspringe on the eastern side of the Sackwald in the county of Hildesheim and flows from there southwards between the Sackwald and the Heber ridges. It enters the district of Northeim near Altgandersheim  [ de ; nl ] (a subdivision of Bad Gandersheim). At Bad Gandersheim it turns west and empties into the Leine at Kreiensen.

Lamspringe Place in Lower Saxony, Germany

Lamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Harbarnsen, Neuhof, Sehlem and Woltershausen are part of the municipality Lamspringe.

Sackwald

The Sackwald is a ridge, up to 374 m above sea level (NN) high, in the Lower Saxon Hills in the district of Hildesheim in the North German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the village of Sack in the borough of Alfeld, the name meaning "Sack Forest".

Heber (hills) mountain range

The Heber is a hogback ridge, relatively small in area and up to 313.5 metres high, in the Lower Saxon Hills within the districts of Goslar, Northeim and Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony.

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References

  1. Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
  2. "Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Weser-Ems 2008" (PDF) (in German). Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-07.