Aue (Oste)

Aue
The Aue in Bülkau
Location
Location	Cuxhaven district, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 5988
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pumping station on the Balksee in the parish of Wingst
• coordinates	53°42′13″N 9°00′36″E
• elevation	3 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	Near Neuhaus (Oste) into the Oste
• coordinates	53°48′30″N 9°02′29″E
• elevation	1 m above sea level (NN)
Length	14 km
Basin size	123 km²
Basin features
Progression	Oste → Elbe → North Sea
River system	Elbe

The Aue is a left, southwestern, tributary of the Oste in northern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long.

Geography

Before the construction of the Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal the Aue was the natural outlet of the Balksee lake in the southwest part of the parish of Wingst on the southern edge of the collective municipality of Am Dobrock. The Balksee is, in turn, fed by several streams. The Aue today no longer has any direct link with the Balksee and rises on its northern edge. The Aue, as a former sea creek, has no natural gradient. The water level is artificially held below sea level by dyke sluices and a pumping station.

Tributaries

• Rönne
• Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal (most of the water from the Balksee and the old drainage basin of the Aue flows through this canal)
• Sprengeauswettern
• Splethauswettern