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Elbe River

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Also known as: Labe River
Written by
Frankdieter Grimm
Deputy Director, Institute of Regional Geography, Leipzig, Germany. Author of Das Abflussverhalten in Europa and others.
Frankdieter Grimm,
Hermann Friedrich
Director, Overseas Museum, Bremen, West Germany, 1962–70. Author of Marine Biology.
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Elbe River, one of the major waterways of central Europe. It runs from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea, flowing generally to the northwest. The river rises on the southern side of the Krkonoše (Giant) Mountains near the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. It then makes a wide arc across Bohemia (northwestern Czech Republic) and enters eastern Germany about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Dresden. For the remainder of its course it flows through Germany. Above Hamburg the Elbe splits into two branches; these rejoin farther downstream, and the river then broadens into its ...(100 of 1338 words)

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