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The river Jeetzel (), which begins in the Altmark under the name Jeetze, flows from Saxony-Anhalt through Lower Saxony, in Germany. From its source near the village of Dönitz, it flows north through Beetzendorf, Salzwedel, Wustrow, Lüchow and Dannenberg, before joining the Elbe in Hitzacker. Its total length is .

Key facts

River.name
Jeetzel
River.image
Jeetzel(hoch).jpg
River.image_caption
The Jeetzel as it flows between Seerau and Hitzacker
River.source1_location
Altmark
River.mouth_location
Elbe
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Germany
River.length_km
73
River.basin_size_km2
1919

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Germany
Located in
Lower Saxony
Image
Jeetzel(hoch).jpg
Length
73
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mouth of the watercourse
Elbe
Commons category
Jeetze
watershed area
1928
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The river Jeetzel (), which begins in the Altmark under the name Jeetze, flows from Saxony-Anhalt through Lower Saxony, in Germany. From its source near the village of Dönitz, it flows north through Beetzendorf, Salzwedel, Wustrow, Lüchow and Dannenberg, before joining the Elbe in Hitzacker. Its total length is .

A left tributary of the Elbe, the Jeetzel has itself several tributaries, including the Salzwedel Dumme and the Wustrow Dumme. The name is Slavic, and means ash (tree)-stream.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeetzel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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