![]() ![]() Reclaimed salt marshes begin at Lauenburg. Below the confluence with the Havel the river flows southeast–northwest the floodplain widens and has distributaries and backwaters often flanked by low sandy hills (geest). ![]() The river keeps to the left of its floodplain and sometimes cuts into the low hills on its banks. In its course below Magdeburg the floodplain is two miles wide down to the confluence with the Havel. From Dessau to Magdeburg the floodplain widens, and dikes have been constructed continuously down to the sea. Between Wittenberg and Dessau the east-west valley floor narrows to five miles in width, and hilly land rises to the north (the Fläming Heath) and south. Dikes begin there and continue as far as the confluence of the Mulde. The river enters the North German Plain at Riesa, 25 miles below Dresden below Riesa it meanders in a wide floodplain and has some abandoned loops. Most of these tributaries rise in the uplands of Mecklenburg. Below Magdeburg the Elbe receives most of its water from its right bank. Halle is on the Saale, just below the confluence of the Weisse Elster Leipzig lies at the confluence of the Pleisse and the Weisse Elster. These left-bank tributaries rise in the Ore Mountains or the Thuringian Forest and form the drainage basin of the middle Elbe, with its geographic foci in Halle and Leipzig. These are the Mulde and the Saale and its tributaries-including the Weisse (“White”) Elster, the Unstrut, and the Ilm. Between Dresden and Magdeburg the Elbe receives many long tributaries, of which all except the Schwarze Elster are left-bank streams. ![]() It then cuts to the northwest through the picturesque Elbe Sandstone Mountains, and, in a gorge four miles long, it enters Germany. It flows south and west, forming a wide arc for about 225 miles in the Czech Republic to its confluence with the Vltava at Mělník and is joined 18 miles downstream by the Ohře. The Elbe is formed by the confluence of numerous headwater streams in the Krkonoše Mountains a few miles from the Polish-Czech frontier. Tour the breathtaking landscape of Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany See all videos for this article ![]() Major tributaries are the Vltava (Moldau), Ohře (Eger), Mulde, and Saale rivers, all of which join it from the left, and the Iser, Schwarze (“Black”) Elster, Havel, and Alster rivers from the right. Its total drainage area is 55,620 square miles (144,060 square km). The total length of the Elbe is 724 miles (1,165 km), of which roughly one-third flows through the Czech Republic and two-thirds through Germany. Above Hamburg the Elbe splits into two branches these rejoin farther downstream, and the river then broadens into its estuary, the mouth of which is at Cuxhaven, where it flows into the North Sea. For the remainder of its course it flows through Germany. It then makes a wide arc across Bohemia (northwestern Czech Republic) and enters eastern Germany about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Dresden. The river rises on the southern side of the Krkonoše (Giant) Mountains near the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. It runs from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea, flowing generally to the northwest. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!Įlbe River, Czech Labe, one of the major waterways of central Europe.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. ![]()
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