Jeetzel
Sign in to saveThe 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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- 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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