Gerdau (river)

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Gerdau
The Gerdau from the canoe slipway in Groß Süstedt
Location Lower Saxony, Germany
Reference no. DE: 5942
Length 30 km
Source Lüneburg Heath southeast of Munster
52°56′31″N 10°14′22″E / 52.9420139°N 10.239306°E / 52.9420139; 10.239306Coordinates: 52°56′31″N 10°14′22″E / 52.9420139°N 10.239306°E / 52.9420139; 10.239306
Source height 71 m
Mouth near Uelzen into the Ilmenau
52°56′52″N 10°33′13″E / 52.947639°N 10.5536806°E / 52.947639; 10.5536806
Mouth height 35 m
Descent 36 m
Basin Elbe
Progression Ilmenau Elbe North Sea
Right tributaries Häsebach, Hardau
Left tributaries Schwienau
Villages Eimke, Groß Süstedt, Gerdau, Bohlsen, Hansen, Holdenstedt
Brambostel Moor, the source region of the Gerdau

The Gerdau is a 30 km long, left (western) source river for the Ilmenau in the north German state of Lower Saxony.

The river rises in the eastern part of the Lüneburg Heath on the northeastern edge of the Südheide Nature Park. From its source, which is located in the Brambostel Moor Nature Reserve,[1] north of the 94 m high Faßberg, the Gerdau flows by the villages of Eimke and Gerdau towards Uelzen. South of Uelzen it merges with the Stederau to form the Ilmenau.

Tributaries

  • Lindener Graben
  • Ellendorfer Graben
  • Wichtenbeker Graben

References

  1. NSG Brambosteler Moor
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