Ecosystem Reference
Ecosystem Elbe River
Type River (basin)
Salinity freshwater
Other Names Labe, Albis (Ref. 6318)
Location
Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany 53° N 50° N - 9° E 16° E
Location Map
Size Ref
River Length 1159 km Area Drainage Area 144500
Depth
Average Depth Max Depth Ref
Temperature
Surface
100 Meters Depth
Description Rises on the slopes of the Riesengebirge, Czechoslovakia; flows across East Germany, turning NW to flow into North Sea at Cuxhaven, West Germany. Chief tributaries Vltava and Ohre in Czechoslovakia and Mulde, Saale, Schwarze Elster, Havel, and Elde in East Germany (Ref. 6318). The River Elbe, German: die Elbe; Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonoše Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 kilometres (680 mi). The Elbe’s major tributaries include the Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohre rivers. The Elbe River basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of 148,268 square kilometres (57,247 sq mi), the fourth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries, with its largest parts in Germany (65.5%) and the Czech Republic (33.7%). Much smaller parts lie in Austria (0.6%) and Poland (0.2%). The basin is inhabited by 24.5 million people. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe)
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URL 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe
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Species Families Species Families Reference
62 22 77 13 30553
Sa-a, Pascualita on 11.25.93
Modified by Luna, Susan M. on 01.11.16
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