Hase
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- For other uses, see Hase (disambiguation).
The Hase is a 193 km long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of both the Ems and the Else (part of the Weser basin). Its source is in the Teutoburg Forest, south-east of Osnabrück, on the north slope of the 307 m high Hankenüll hill.
[edit] Weser-Ems Watershed
After approx. 15 km, near Gesmold (about 6km west from Melle), the Hase encounters an anomaly of terrain and bifurcates such that each branch flows in a different drainage system:
- one third of its waters flow along the south side of the Wiehengebirge hills eastward from Gesmold into the Else, which begins there, and flows into the Werre at Kirchlengem (north of Herford). The Werre is a tributary of the Weser.
- two thirds of its waters (the Hase proper) flow northwest from Gesmold toward Osnabrück, past the towns listed below, and toward Meppen, where the Ems receives its flow.
[edit] Towns on the Hase
- Melle
- Osnabrück
- Bramsche - to the south of this city the Hase crosses the Mittellandkanal
- Neuenkirchen-Vörden
- Bersenbrück
- Quakenbrück - in the southeast the Hase divides into two branches: the Big Hase (passing the town in the northeast) and the Little Hase (which itself is divided into several branches within the town, one of which leaves the town northwards to the Big Hase) (Binnendelta)
- Menslage - here the Hase is channeled into the Little Hase
- Löningen - here it flows into a somewhat northerly branch: the Big Hase
- Herzlake - here the two branches flow together again
- Haselünne
- Meppen
[edit] Usage in the German language
Hase, directly translted from German to English, means Hare. Yet it is also used in the form of bunny. One such example is der Osterhase, which means Easter Bunny. Bunny/Rabbit acctuly translates das Kaninchen. Hase also means bunny in an affectionate manner, as in English the phrase "cupcake" or "sugar buns" is used.
