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The Werre () is a river in the Detmold region (Regierungsbezirk) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, left tributary of the Weser. Its source is near Horn-Bad Meinberg. The total length of the Werre is 71.9 km.

Key facts

River.name
Werre
River.image
Elsemündung.JPG
River.image_caption
Confluence of the rivers Else and Werre (right)
River.source1_location
Eggegebirge
River.mouth_location
Weser
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Germany
River.subdivision_type2
State
River.subdivision_name2
North Rhine-Westphalia
River.tributaries_left
Aa, Else
River.tributaries_right
Bega

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Instance of
river
Country
Germany
Image
Germany River Werre Map.svg
Length
72
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tributary
Wiembecke
Commons category
Werre
mouth of the watercourse
Weser
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Werre
watershed area
1485
different from
Werra
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The Werre () is a river in the Detmold region (Regierungsbezirk) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, left tributary of the Weser. Its source is near Horn-Bad Meinberg. The total length of the Werre is 71.9 km.

The Werre flows generally north through the towns Detmold, Lage, Bad Salzuflen, Herford and Löhne. It flows into the Weser close to Bad Oeynhausen. It crosses the districts of Lippe, Herford and Minden-Lübbecke.

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

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