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| Gleierbach | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| States | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
⁃ location | Lenne |
⁃ coordinates | 51°09′51″N8°18′44″E / 51.1641°N 8.3123°E Coordinates: 51°09′51″N8°18′44″E / 51.1641°N 8.3123°E |
| Length | 7.1 km (4.4 mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lenne→ Ruhr→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Gleierbach (also: Gleiderbach, in its upper and middle course also Westernah or Westernahbach) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the municipality Schmallenberg. It is a right tributary of the Lenne, which it joins in Gleidorf, east of Schmallenberg.
North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany.
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, Lake Constance and the High Rhine 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.
Schmallenberg is a town and a climatic health resort in the High Sauerland District, Germany. By area, it is the third biggest of all cities and towns of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the second biggest of the region of Westphalia.
