Wustrower Dumme

Wustrower Dumme
Location Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt,  Germany
Physical characteristics
Main source at the Gielau Mill near Schnega
ca. 41 m (135 ft)
52°51′44″N 10°51′18″E / 52.8622917°N 10.8550694°E / 52.8622917; 10.8550694Coordinates: 52°51′44″N 10°51′18″E / 52.8622917°N 10.8550694°E / 52.8622917; 10.8550694
River mouth near Wustrow into the Jeetzel
ca. 17 m (56 ft)
52°55′46″N 11°07′32″E / 52.929375°N 11.12556°E / 52.929375; 11.12556
Length 32.5 km (20.2 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression Jeetzel→ Elbe→ North Sea
Basin size 275 km (171 mi) [1]

The Wustrower Dumme is a roughly 32-kilometre (20 mi) long, left, western tributary of the River Jeetzel (also: Jeetze) in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony (Germany).

Name

The river name, Dumme, means something like Eichenbach or "oak stream", because Dumme goes back to the Old Slavic word, dabu, meaning "oak". It is thus unrelated to the German word "dumm", which means "dumb".

Course

The Dumme runs through the border region between Altmark in the south and Wendland in the north; in places it forms the border river between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. During its course it passes Bergen an der Dumme, before discharging into the northward-flowing Jeetzel near Wustrow, hence the first part of the name.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)


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