Kossau
Sign in to saveThe Kossau is a stream in the district of Plön in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It drains the lake and flows past Lütjenburg and through the Großer Binnensee before entering the Baltic Sea near Hohwacht. The stream was dammed near in the Middle Ages to form a lake which existed until the 18th century. It is about long and most of its course consists of meanders. It is largely in a natural state and, together with its wet meadows, forms a rich habitat. The Kossau Valley is a designated nature reserve.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in SH, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Kossau basin, Plön (district) and Rivers of Germany.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Plön District
- Length
- 25
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- lake on watercourse
- Großer Binnensee
- watershed area
- 142
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- Kossau
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The Kossau is a stream in the district of Plön in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It drains the lake and flows past Lütjenburg and through the Großer Binnensee before entering the Baltic Sea near Hohwacht. The stream was dammed near in the Middle Ages to form a lake which existed until the 18th century. It is about long and most of its course consists of meanders. It is largely in a natural state and, together with its wet meadows, forms a rich habitat. The Kossau Valley is a designated nature reserve.
== See also == List of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kossau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations