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Eider

River in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Body of waterriverQ3314

Length: 188 km
Discharge: 6.5 cubic metre per second
Origin of the watercourse: Wattenbek
Mouth: North Sea
Country: Germany
Watershed area: 3,275 km²

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The Eider is the longest river on the Jutland Peninsula, and flows through the German state of Schleswig-Holstein along its entire length. The river crosses the peninsula almost across its entire width from east to west. It starts between Bordesholm and Preetz. Shortly after its source, the river reaches the city of Kiel on the Baltic Sea, whose southwestern city limits it partially forms. At the point where the Eider is only a few kilometers from the Baltic Sea –at Lake Schulensee– a terminal moraine –the Hornheimer Riegel– blocks its path, and the Eider from then on turns towards the much more distant North Sea, into which it flows at Tönning.

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Category for the water basin: Category:Eider basin
Located in: Schleswig-Holstein
Tributary: Tielenau
Broklandsau
Treene
Gieselau Canal
Eider Canal
Permanent duplicated item: Q42328147

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