Gande (river)
| Gande | |
|---|---|
 The Gande in Bad Gandersheim. | |
| Location | |
| State | Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near Lamspringe |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Kreiensen |
• coordinates | 51°51′15″N 9°56′57″E / 51.854038°N 9.949246°E |
| Length | 19.2 km (11.9 mi) [1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | at Gandersheim gauge[2] |
| • average | 824 l/s |
| • minimum | Record low: 10 l/s (in 24.10.1977) Average low: 166 l/s |
| • maximum | 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
- ^ Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
- ^ "Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Weser-Ems 2008" (PDF) (in German). Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz. Retrieved 2012-10-07.