Gerdau (river)
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| The Gerdau from the canoe slipway in Groß Süstedt | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| 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°ECoordinates: 52°56′31″N 10°14′22″E / 52.9420139°N 10.239306°E |
| Source height | 71 m |
| Mouth | near Uelzen into the Ilmenau 52°56′52″N 10°33′13″E / 52.947639°N 10.5536806°E |
| 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
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