Luppe

Luppe
Country Germany
States Saxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Main source near Kleinliebenau
51°22′45″N 12°12′24″E / 51.3793°N 12.2066°E / 51.3793; 12.2066
River mouth Saale
51°23′26″N 11°59′43″E / 51.3906°N 11.9953°E / 51.3906; 11.9953Coordinates: 51°23′26″N 11°59′43″E / 51.3906°N 11.9953°E / 51.3906; 11.9953
Basin features
Progression Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea

Luppe is a river of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the floodplain around the confluence of the rivers Saale and Weiße Elster, near the cities Leipzig and Halle. It flows into the Saale in Schkopau. Until the 1930s, when the Neue Luppe was constructed, the Luppe was a distributary of the Weiße Elster. The Nahle and the Alte Luppe are relicts of the former course of the Luppe. The remaining Luppe flows from near Kleinliebenau to the west, and no longer receives water from its former upper course.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wiederherstellung ehemaliger Wasserläufe der Luppe, p 10
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