Ilme
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| Ilme in the Solling - Vogler Nature Park along the L548 (Sievershausen - Abbecke) | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Length | 32.6 km |
| Source | In the Solling, by the L 548 between Uslar and Dassel 51°43′16″N 9°37′00″E / 51.72111°N 9.6166667°ECoordinates: 51°43′16″N 9°37′00″E / 51.72111°N 9.6166667°E |
| Source height | 340 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | East of Einbeck into the Leine 51°48′54″N 9°55′30″E / 51.815°N 9.925°E |
| Mouth height | 105 m above sea level (NN) |
| Descent | 235 m |
| Basin | Weser |
| Progression | Leine → Aller → Weser → North Sea |
| Catchment | 393 km² |
| Right tributaries | Wolfsbach, Hülsebach, Lummerke, Riepenbach, Dieße, Rotte, Rebbe |
| Left tributaries | Abbecker Bach, Repkebach, Schlingenbach, Spüligbach, Bewer, Krummes Wasser |
| Large towns | Einbeck |
| Small towns | Dassel |
| Villages | Relliehausen, Ellensen, Markoldendorf, Hullersen, |
The Ilme is a left-bank, western tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is 32.6 km long.
Geography
The river begins at the Neuer Teich pond in the centre of the Solling hills at a height of 340 m above sea level (NN) and flows initially northwards to Dassel, then in an easterly direction through Markoldendorf to Einbeck, after which it discharges into the Leine near Volksen at a height of 105 m.