Große Aue
| Große Aue | |
|---|---|
The 'young' Große Aue in its upper course forms the boundary of the towns Lübbecke and Preußisch Oldendorf here for about a kilometre | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| States | North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony |
| Reference no. | DE: 476 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | northeast of Bieren |
| • coordinates | 52°14′50″N 8°32′40″E / 52.24722°N 8.54444°E |
| • elevation | 130 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Binnen into the Weser |
• coordinates | 52°37′22″N 9°9′49″E / 52.62278°N 9.16361°E |
• elevation | 22 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 88.0 km (54.7 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,522 km2 (588 sq mi) (458 km² in NRW) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Weser→ North Sea |
| Landmarks |
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| Tributaries | |
| • left | Nordbach, Schierenbeke, Großer Dieckfluss, Ströher Graben, Bleckriede, Flöte, Kleine Aue, Sule, Allerbeeke, Siede, Peekriede, Winterbach |
| • right | Klosterbach, Flöthe, Kleine Aue, Wickriede, Langer Graben, Herrenriede, Rüsselbach, Sarninghäuser Meerbach, Langhorst Kuhlengraben |
| Waterbodies | Lakes: Großer Auesee |
The Große Aue (in its upper reaches known as the Aue and then also the Neuer Mühlenbach or Mühlbach) is an 88-kilometre-long (55 mi), southwestern, left tributary of the River Weser in northern North Rhine-Westphalia and central Lower Saxony in Germany.