Söse

Söse is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the river Rhume and 38 kilometres (24 mi) long.

Söse
The southwestern Harz with the River Söse
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Reference no.	DE: 48828
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Auf dem Acker in the Harz
• elevation	ca. 800 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	Into the Rhume near Katlenburg-Lindau
• coordinates	51°41′58″N 10°06′24″E
• elevation	130 m above sea level (NN)
Length	37.8 km (23.5 mi)[1]
Basin size	213 km2 (82 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	at Riefensbeek gauge[2]
• average	0.654 m3/s (23.1 cu ft/s)
• minimum	Record low: 0.012 m3/s (0.42 cu ft/s) (in 20.08.2003) Average low: 0.070 m3/s (2.5 cu ft/s)
• maximum	Average high: 13.3 m3/s (470 cu ft/s) Record high: 56.5 m3/s (2,000 cu ft/s) (in 01.08.1967)
Basin features
Progression	Rhume→ Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
Landmarks	Large towns: Osterode
Tributaries
• left	Alte Söse
• right	Große Bremke, Sülpkebach, Markau
Waterbodies	Reservoirs: Söse Reservoir

The Söse in Osterode

Geography

The Söse rises on the plateau of Auf dem Acker in the district of Göttingen in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a pre-dam and then by the Söse Dam between the Osterode village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen and then southwards near Eisdorf just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of Berka [de] and Elvershausen [de], both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau in the district of Northeim.

Tributaries

• Große Söse ("Great Söse", left headstream)
• Kleine Söse ("Little Söse", right headstream)
• Große Limpig (right)
• Eipenke (left)
• Ospenke (left)
• Lerbach (right)
• Apenke (left)
• Große Bremke (right)
• Wellbeek (right)
• Uferbach (right)
• Sulpebach (right)
• Markau (right)
• Bierbach (right)
• Dornkesbach (right)
• Goldbach (right)
• Salza (left)
• Dorster Mühlenbach (left)

Walking

At the confluence of the Great Söse and the Great Morgenbrod is the Morgenbrodt Hut (ca. 600 bis 605 m above NN^[3]; 146 – Morgenbrodt Hut 51.76260°N 10.44573°E / 51.76260; 10.44573). This spot is no. 148^[4] in the system of checkpoints in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. The Morgenbrodt Hut was demolished in 2013 by the National Park Authority as it was falling down and it is not intended to be replaced.^[5]

Confluence of the Great Söse and Great Morgenbrod by the Morgenbrodt Valley Hut HWN 146

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.
3. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
4. Harzer Wandernadel: Stempelstelle 146 – Morgenbrodtshütte Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at harzer-wandernadel.de
5. "Stempelkasten der Harzer Wandernadel versetzt" (in German). Harz National Park, Press release. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2019.