Gande (river)

The Gande is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right-hand tributary of the River Leine.

Gande
The Gande in Bad Gandersheim
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Lamspringe
Mouth
• location	near Kreiensen
• coordinates	51°51′15″N 9°56′57″E
Length	19.2 km (11.9 mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	at Gandersheim gauge[2]
• average	0.824 m3/s (29.1 cu ft/s)
• minimum	Record low: 0.010 m3/s (0.35 cu ft/s)/s (in 24.10.1977) Average low: 0.166 m3/s (5.9 cu ft/s)
• maximum	Average high: 15.9 m3/s (560 cu ft/s) Record high: 41.8 m3/s (1,480 cu ft/s) (in 28.10.1998)
Basin features
Progression	Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
Landmarks	Small towns: Bad Gandersheim
Tributaries
• left	Meine, Eterna

Course

The Gande rises near the town of Lamspringe on the eastern side of the Sackwald in the county of Hildesheim and flows from there southwards between the Sackwald and the Heber ridges. It enters the district of Northeim near Altgandersheim [de; nl] (a subdivision of Bad Gandersheim). At Bad Gandersheim it turns west and empties into the Leine at Kreiensen.

See also

• List of rivers of Lower Saxony

References

1. Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
2. "Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Weser-Ems 2008" (PDF) (in German). Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz. Retrieved 2012-10-07.