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Havel
Rivers Havel (dark blue) and Rhin (turquoise)
Rivers Havel (dark blue) and Rhin (turquoise)
Origin Brandenburg
Mouth Elbe
Basin countries Germany
Length 325 km
Source elevation 63 m
Avg. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. discharge 108 m³/s
Basin area 24,096 km²

The Havel (IPA[ˈhaːfəl]) is a river in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, sometimes translated as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, is a state in Northern Germany comprising Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is a right tributary of the Elbe river and 325 km in length. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. Extended by the Oder-Havel Canal it connects the Oder with Berlin and the Elbe. The Oder-Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914 originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal. The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe.

The source of the Havel is located in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania between Lake Müritz and the city of Neubrandenburg. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, sometimes translated as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, is a state in Northern Germany comprising The Müritz (from slavic "little sea" is a Lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Neubrandenburg ( New Brandenburg, nɔʏˈbʁandənbʊʁk is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It has no source as usual but source lakes in the Diekenbruch near Ankershagen, so you cannot see any water pouring out somewhere, and this lakes are situated right beside the water divide between the North and Baltic Sea. A drainage divide, water divide, divide or (outside North America) watershed is the line separating neighbouring Drainage basins Thus located south-east from the water divide it flows toward the Elbe and the the North Sea, every river north-east of it flows to the Baltic Sea. The territory of Brandenburg is entered near the town of Fürstenberg. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. In its upper part and between Berlin and the town of Brandenburg the river forms several lakes. Brandenburg an der Havel is a Town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Its main tributary is the Spree river, which joins the Havel in Spandau, a western borough of Berlin, at the junction being longer and delivering more water than the Havel itself. The Spree (ʃpʁeː Sprowja Sprjewja Spréva is a River in Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany and in Ústecký For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. The second largest tributary is the Rhin, in the middle ages named by settlers from the lower Rhine. At the southern end of the Ruppiner See, weirs can distribute the waters of the Rhin either east- or westwards, connecting to the Havel in places 67km by air, or more than 160 km of river apart. The region around and north of the central part of the Havel is called Havelland. Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. It consists of sandy hills and low marshes. On the last few kilometres the Havel flows in the territory of Saxony-Anhalt, where it enters the Elbe near Havelberg. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Havelberg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Due to its minimal gradient it is liable to high waters of the Elbe.

In earlier Greek or Latin sources, such as in Tacitus' Germania the name of the river was also written as Habola, Habula, Havela. Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. Germania was the Latin Exonym for The river name Havel is related to German Haff, habe, hafen, MHG Hafen meaning port, harbor).

When later Slavic people moved into the Havel river area, they were in German sources called Heveller (very seldom Havolane). The Hevelli or Hevellians (sometimes Havolane; Heveller or Stodoranen; Hawelanie or Stodoranie; Havolané or Stodorané) were a People continued living around the river Havel. They built four important bridges, in Spandau, in Potsdam, in Brandenburg an in a western suburb of that town and Berlin has a large number of bridges. For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Brandenburg an der Havel is a Town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany.

Towns on the course of the river include: Zehdenick, Oranienburg, Berlin, Potsdam, Werder, Brandenburg, Premnitz, Rathenow and Havelberg. Zehdenick is a town in the Oberhavel district in Brandenburg, Germany. Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Werder, also called Werder (Havel or Werder upon Havel, is a city in Germany, located in the Potsdam-Mittelmark Kreis (district Brandenburg an der Havel is a Town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Premnitz is a town in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany. Rathenow is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 27085 Havelberg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Havel

-proper noun

  1. A river in Germany.
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