Peene

For other uses, see Peene (disambiguation).

Template:Geobox The Peene (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːnə]) is a river in Germany. The Westpeene, with Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a Peene without specification as its smaller and shorter affluent) flow into Kummerower See (Lake Kummerow), and from there as Peene proper to Anklam and into the Oder Lagoon.

From Kommerower See, inclusively, to the mouth, the ground of the water is five feet an more below sea level. This makes water level and flows liable to the water level of Baltic Sea and Oder, including reverse flows.

The Peene Valley is one of the largest contiguous fen regions in central Europe. Thanks to its wilderness and intact nature, the river Peene and its valley is sometimes superstitiously referred to as "the Amazon of the North".

The western branch of the Oder River, which separates the island of Usedom from the German mainland, is often also called Peene, but actually is considered a part of the Baltic Sea called Peenestrom. It is one of three channels connecting the Oder Lagoon with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. (The other channels are the Świna and the Dziwna.)

Major towns at the Peene river are Malchin, Teterow, Demmin and Anklam.

Wolgast is on Peenestrom strait.

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  Ostpeene
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  Old watermill on Kleine Peene in Teterow
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  Peene harbour in Demmin
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  Peene river near Loitz
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  Peene river near Jarmen
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  Peene river in Anklam
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  Peenestrom strait with Wolgast
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  Peenestrom harbour in Wolgast

External links

• Media related to Peene at Wikimedia Commons
• www.peenetal-landschaft.de - Association for natural protection of the Peene river valley (German)