Alpe (Aller)

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The Alpe is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Location of mouth in Lower Saxony
Location
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationsouthwest of Dudensen
  coordinates52°35′34″N 9°25′12″E
  elevation46 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
  location
in Rethem into the Aller
  coordinates
52°47′40″N 9°21′47″E
  elevation
18 m above sea level (NN)
Length30.5 km (19.0 mi) [1]
Basin size252 km2 (97 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionAllerWeserNorth Sea
Landmarks
Tributaries 
  leftLaderholzer Moorgraben, Steimbker Dorfgraben, Moorbeeke, Alpengraben, Wölpe
  rightLutterer Bach, Neuer Eilter Graben, Schotengraben
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The Alpe is a left tributary of the Aller. Its source lies between the villages of Dudensen and Nöpke [de; eo; nl], both within the town of Neustadt am Rübenberge. It initially crosses the Dudensen Bog and flows along the edge of the Bog Lichtenmoor [ceb; de] and past Rethem Bog. In the 1970s it lost its natural character, it was straightened and, in places, canalised. The Steimbker Dorfgraben, a drainage ditch joining it from the left, is very heavily polluted (water quality class III–IV). The Alpe itself has a good overall water quality (class II = moderately polluted).[2] Before the town of Rethem the Weiße Graben ("White Ditch") joins the Alpe along with the Wölpe. In Rethem the Alpe then discharges into the Aller.

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