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    Elbe

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    Not to be confused with the similarly-pronounced Elba. Coordinates: 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°E / 53.92222; 8.72222 Elbe Czech: Labe, German: Elbe, Low German: Ilv or Elv River The Elbe (Labe) near Děčín, Czech Republic The Elbe (Labe) near Děčín, Czech Republic Countries Czech Republic, Germany Regions Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Central Bohemia, Ústí nad Labem, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Tributaries  - left Vltava, Ohře, Mulde, Saale, Ohre, Ilmenau, Luhe, Oste  - right Jizera, Schwarze Elster, Havel, Elde, Bille, Alster Cities Pardubice, Ústí nad Labem, Dresden, Meißen, Wittenberg, Dessau, Magdeburg, Hamburg, Stade, Cuxhaven Source Bílé Labe  - location Krkonoše, Czech Republic  - elevation 1,386 m (4,547 ft)  - coordinates 50°46′32.59″N 15°32′10.14″E / 50.7757194°N 15.53615°E / 50.7757194; 15.53615 Mouth North Sea  - elevation 0 m (0 ft)  - coordinates 53°55′20″N 8°43′20″E / 53.92222°N 8.72222°E / 53.92222; 8.72222 Length 1,091 km (678 mi) Basin 148,268 km (57,247 sq mi) Discharge mouth  - average 711 m/s (25,109 cu ft/s)  - max 1,232 m/s (43,508 cu ft/s)  - min 493 m/s (17,410 cu ft/s) Discharge elsewhere (average)  - Děčín 303 m/s (10,700 cu ft/s) <tr><td colspan="2"> The Elbe watershed The Elbe watershed </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> Tributaries of the Elbe Tributaries of the Elbe </td></tr> The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia, then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 kilometres (680 mi). The Elbe's major tributaries include the Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohre rivers. The Elbe River basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of 148,268 square kilometres (57,247 sq mi), the fourth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries, with its largest parts in Germany (65.5%) and the Czech Republic (33.7%). Much smaller parts lie in Austria (0.6%) and Poland (0.2%). The basin is inhabited by 24.5 million people.

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