Alte Elbe (lit. Old Elbe)[1] is the German name for oxbows of the Elbe, i.e. cut-off meanders. With about 20 km (12 mi) the largest one of these is the Dornburger Alte Elbe, a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Alte Elbe | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 52.0263°N 11.8609°E / 52.0263; 11.8609 |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 52.0869°N 11.6780°E / 52.0869; 11.6780 |
It branches of the Elbe near Dornburg [de; nl],[2] a district of Gommern. It flows into the Elbe at Magdeburg.[3]
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