Elbe

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The Elbe Basin is part of / comprises: · Eastern Europe · Europe & CIS · Western Europe ·
Countries sharing the Elbe Basin: · Austria · Czech Republic · Germany · Poland ·

Facts & Figures	edit
Catchment Area^A	148,919 km³
Recipient
Neighbouring Basins^A	Danube, Oder-Odra, Rhine
Population^A	22,400,000
Population Density^A	170 /km²
Discharge^A	30 km³/yr
Surface Area	m³
Average Depth	m
Water Volume	m²
Water Stress	m³/person/year
Average Precipitation	mm/yr
Evaporation	mm/yr
Runoff	12000 mm/yr
Land Use
Irrigated Area	3760 km²
Irrigable Area	253000 km²
No. of Dams^A	52
Dam Density	2.3 dams/km²
Total Water Withdrawals	km³
For Agricultural Use
For Domestic Use
For Industrial Use
Renewable Water Available (m³/yr/pers)
References & Remarks
^A Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database, Oregon University

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1 News
2 Water Basin Profile: Physical and Hydrological Characteristics
3 Water Basin Profile: Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues
4 Water Basin Profile: Transboundary Political and Institutional Setting
5 Water Basin Profile: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for the Future
6 Articles
7 Projects and Case Studies
8 Publications
9 Who is Who
10 References
11 See also
12 External Resources

News

Water Basin Profile: Physical and Hydrological Characteristics

The Elbe River, with its length of 1 094 km from the springs in the Krkonose Mountains to the North Sea mouth at Cuxhaven and with its catchment area of 148 268 km2, is the fourth biggest river in Europe; after the Donau (817 000 km2), the Visla (194 112 km2), and the Rhine (183 800 km2). The Elbe River basin spans four countries: its largest parts lie in Germany (65.5 %) and in the Czech Republic (33.7 %), tiny parts lie in Austria (0.6 %) and in Poland (0.2 %). The Elbe River basin is inhabited by 24.5 million people.

The Elbe’s major tributaries include the Vltava, the Saale, the Havel, the Mulde, the Black Elster, and the Ohre rivers.

Looking at the Elbe from the geomorphologic angle, we can divide the Elbe watercourse into three stretches: the Upper, Middle, and Lower Elbe.

Upper Elbe: from springs downstream to its entrance into the North German Lowland at the Hirschstein Castle, length 463 km
Middle Elbe: form the Hirschstein Castle downstream to the Geesthacht weir, length 489 km
Lower Elbe: from the Geesthacht weir downstream to its mouth into the North Sea at Cuxhaven-Kugelbake, 142 km

The Elbe River kilometrage we use starts with zero at the Czech-German state border. On the Czech side, the number grows in the upstream direction; on the German side in the downstream direction.