Unterelbe River | river, Europe | Britannica (original) (raw)

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course through Hamburg

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  In Hamburg: Site
  …old city, to form the Unterelbe, which flows into the North Sea some 65 miles downstream from Hamburg. Two other rivers flow into the Elbe at Hamburg—the Alster from the north and the Bille from the east.
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hydrology of Elbe River

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  In Elbe River: Physiography
  …proper of the Elbe (Unterelbe) extends from Hamburg to Cuxhaven, a distance of about 55 miles. It varies in width from one to two miles, but much of it is occupied by mud flats and sandbanks. The main channel is buoyed and dredged. At high tide the channel has…
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