Alpe_(river)

Alpe (Aller)

Alpe (Aller)

River in Germany

The Alpe is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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The Alpe is a left tributary of the Aller. Its source lies between the villages of Dudensen and Nöpke [de; eo; nl], both within the town of Neustadt am Rübenberge. It initially crosses the Dudensen Bog and flows along the edge of the Bog Lichtenmoor [ceb; de] and past Rethem Bog. In the 1970s it lost its natural character, it was straightened and, in places, canalised. The Steimbker Dorfgraben, a drainage ditch joining it from the left, is very heavily polluted (water quality class III–IV). The Alpe itself has a good overall water quality (class II = moderately polluted).[2] Before the town of Rethem the Weiße Graben ("White Ditch") joins the Alpe along with the Wölpe. In Rethem the Alpe then discharges into the Aller.

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References

  1. [1]
    Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
  2. [2]
    NLWKN water quality of the Alpe


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