List of rivers of Lower Saxony

By basin

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This list uses bullets and indents to show the rivers' hierarchy and the sequence from river mouth to source. The number of indents corresponds to the river's position in the sequence.

Tributaries are shown orographically as either a left (l) or a right (r) tributary of the next waterway in the downstream direction.

Elbe

Elbe (1,091 kilometres (678 mi), into the North Sea)
- Medem (l)
  - Emmelke
- Oste (l) (153 km)
  - Aue (tributary of the Oste) (l) (14 km)
  - Mehe (l)
  - Bever (r)
  - Twiste (r)
  - Ramme (r)
- Schwinge (l)
- Lühe (l)
  - Aue (tributary of the Elbe) (26 km)
- Este (l)
- Seeve (l) (40 km)
- Ilmenau (l) (107 km)
  - Luhe (l) (58 km)
  - Neetze (r) (48 km)
  - Gerdau (30 km)
  - Stederau
- Jeetzel (l) (73 km)
- Aland (l) (27 km)
- Ohre (l) (103 km)
- Saale (l) (Saxony-Anhalt)
  - Bode (l) (169 km)
  - Unstrut (l) (Thuringia)
    - Helme (l) (Thuringia)
      - Zorge (l)
        Wieda (r)
        Uffe (r)

Weser

Weser (452 kilometres (281 mi), into the North Sea)
- Geeste (r) (>25 km)
- Abbehauser Sieltief (l)
- Lune (r) (43 km)
- Schweiburg (left branch of Weser river)
  - Strohauser Sieltief (l)
- Drepte (r)
- Rechter Nebenarm der Weser (right branch of Weser river)
  - Aschwardener Flutgraben
- Braker Sieltief (l)
- Käseburger Sieltief (l)
- Hunte (l) (198 km)
  - Haaren (l)
  - Lethe (l)
- Westergate (left branch of Weser river)
- Schönebecker Aue (r)
- Lesum (r) (10 km)
  - Hamme (48 km)
    - Scharmbecker Bach (r)
      - Wienbeck (r)
    - Beek (r)
  - Wümme (118 km)
    - Wörpe (r)
    - Wieste (r)
    - Rodau (l)
      - Vissel (l)
    - Wiedau (l)
    - Veerse (l)
    - Fintau (l)
- Ochtum (l)
  - Delme (l)
  - Varreler Bäke (l)
  - Hache (l)
- Aller (r) (211 km)
  - Gohbach (r) (20 km)
  - Lehrde (r) (22 km)
  - Böhme (r) (68 km)
    - Fulde (r) (11 km)
    - Warnau (r)
    - Bomlitz (r)
  - Leine (l) (281 km)
    - Grindau (r) (11 km)
    - Westaue (l)
      - Südaue (r)
        Möseke (r)
      - Sachsenhäger Aue
      - Rodenberger Aue
    - Fösse (l)
    - Ihme (l) (16 km)
    - Innerste (r) (95 km)
      - Lamme (l)
      - Nette (l) (43 km)
    - Haller (l)
    - Saale (l)
    - Aue (tributary of the Leine) (r)
    - Ilme (l)
      - Dieße (r)
    - Rhume (r) (48 km)
      - Söse (r) (38 km)
        Große Söse (l headstream)
        
        Kleine Söse (r headstream)
        
        Große Limpig (r)
        
        Eipenke (l)
        
        Ospenke (l)
        
        Lerbach (r) (8 km)
        
        Apenke (l)
        
        Große Bremke (r)
        
        Wellbeek (r)
        
        Uferbach (r)
        
        Sulpebach (r)
        
        Markau (r)
        
        Bierbach (r)
        
        Dornkesbach (r)
        
        Goldbach (r)
        
        Salza (l)
        
        Dorster Mühlenbach (l)
      - Oder (r) (56 km)
        Pöhlder Beber (l)
        
        Sperrlutter (r)
        
        Lutter (tributary of the Oder) (r) (2.2 km)
        
        Sieber (r) (35 km)
    - Garte (r) (23 km)
  - Wietze (l) (30 km)
  - Örtze (r) ( 55 km)
    - Wietze (r) (29 km)
  - Fuhse (l) (98 km)
    - Erse (r)
  - Lachte (r) (38 km)
    - Lutter (tributary of the Lachte) (r)
      - Köttelbeck (l)
      - Schmalwasser (l)
  - Oker (l) (105 km)
    - Schunter (r) (58 km)
      - Wabe (l)
      - Lutter (tributary of the Schunter) (l)
    - Altenau (r)
    - Warne (l)
    - Ilse (r) (40 km)
    - Ecker (r)
    - Radau (r)
    - Abzucht (l) (12.1 km)
      - Gose (l) (13 km)
      - Gelmke (r) (10 km)
      - Dörpke (r)
  - Ise (r) (50 km)
- Meerbach (r)
- Große Aue (l)
- Aue (tributary of the Weser) (r)
- Werre (l) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
  - Else (l) (35 km)
    - Warmenau (r)
    - Hase (169 km)
- Hamel (r)
- Emmer (l)
- Ilse (r)
- Lenne (r)
- Schwülme (r)
  - Ahle (r)
- Fulda
- Werra

Ems

Ems (371 kilometres (231 mi), into the North Sea)
- Knockster Tief (r)
- Fehntjer Tief (r)
  - Fehntjer Tief (southern branch)
  - Fehntjer Tief (northern branch)
    - Flumm (r)
- Leda (r) (29 km)
  - Jümme (r)
    - Barßeler Tief
      - Soeste (l)
  - Sagter Ems (l)
- Nordradde (r)
- Hase (r)
  - Mittelradde (r)
  - Südradde (r)
- Große Aa (r)

Vechte

Vechte (167 kilometres (104 mi), into the Zwarte Water, Netherlands)
- Dinkel (l) (93 km)
- Coevorden-Vecht Canal (r) (Netherlands)
  - Coevorden-Piccardie Canal (l) (Netherlands)
    - Grenzaa (r)

Jade

Jade (22 kilometres (14 mi), into the North Sea)
- Maade (l)
- Wapel (l)