Gande (river)

Gande
The Gande in Bad Gandersheim.
State Lower Saxony, Germany
Physical characteristics
Main source near Lamspringe
River mouth near Kreiensen
51°51′15″N 9°56′57″E / 51.854038°N 9.949246°E / 51.854038; 9.949246
Length 19.2 km (11.9 mi) [1]
Discharge
  • Location:
    at Gandersheim gauge[2]
  • Minimum rate:
    Record low: 10 l/s (in 24.10.1977)
    Average low: 166 l/s
  • Average rate:
    824 l/s
  • Maximum rate:
    Average high: 15.9 m³/s
    Record high: 41.8 m³/s (in 28.10.1998)
Basin features
Progression Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
Landmarks Small towns: Bad Gandersheim
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Meine, Eterna

The Gande is a right-hand tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony.

Course

It 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 enter the district of Northeim near Altgandersheim. At Bad Gandersheim it turns west and empties into the Leine at Kreiensen.

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.


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