Söse
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| The southwestern Harz with the River Söse | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Length | 38 km |
| Source | Auf dem Acker in the Harz |
| Source height | ca. 800 m above sea level |
| Mouth | Rhume near Katlenburg-Lindau 51°41′58″N 10°06′24″E / 51.6995°N 10.106556°E |
| Mouth height | 130 m above sea level |
| Descent | ca. 670 m |
| Basin | Weser |
| Progression | Rhume → Leine → Aller → Weser → North Sea |
| Catchment | 212 km² |
| Right tributaries | Große Bremke, Sülpkebach, Markau |
| Left tributaries | Alte Söse |
| Reservoirs passed | Söse Reservoir |
| Large towns | Osterode |
The Söse is a right tributary of the river Rhume, 38 kilometres long, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
The river rises on the plateau of Auf dem Acker in the district of Osterode in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a pre-dam and then by the Söse Dam between the Osterode village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode am Harz itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen and then southwards near Eisdorf just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of Berka and Elvershausen, both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau in the district of Northeim.
Tributaries
- Große Söse ("Great Söse", left headstream)
- Kleine Söse ("Little Söse", right headstream)
- Große Limpig (right)
- Eipenke (left)
- Ospenke (left)
- Lerbach (right)
- Apenke (left)
- Große Bremke (right)
- Wellbeek (right)
- Uferbach (right)
- Sulpebach (right)
- Markau (right)
- Bierbach (right)
- Dornkesbach (right)
- Goldbach (right)
- Salza (left)
- Dorster Mühlenbach (left)