Leine

The Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of the Aller river and 241 km in length.

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The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. Forty kilometers downriver, the river enters Lower Saxony and runs northwards. Important towns on the course are G?ttingen, Alfeld and Gronau, before the river enters Hanover, the largest city on its banks. Some forty kilometers north of Hanover the river joins the Aller. Although the river occasionally over-floods its banks, damage is usually nominal. Only in its northern reaches is it navigable, though in the past it served as a transportation artery as far up river as Goettingen. The river is somewhat polluted and not used for drinking water but not so much as to prevent fish from living in it.

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At at least one point (Goettingen) the river is partially diverted into a canal that runs more or less parallel to the river.

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Thuringia: The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Th?ringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the country's sixteen Bundesl?nder (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km? and 2.45 million inhabitants. The capital is Erfurt....

Aller: :For the English village, see Aller, Somerset....

Leinefelde: REDIRECT Leinefelde-Worbis...