Söse
Söse
River in Germany
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 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.
- 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)
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]
- "Deutsches Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Weser-Ems 2008" (PDF) (in German). Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- Harzer Wandernadel: Stempelstelle 146 – Morgenbrodtshütte Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at harzer-wandernadel.de
- "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.