Oker

The Oker is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a tributary of the Aller river and 105 km in length.

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The source is located in the Harz mountains, where the river winds through a narrow valley called the Okertal. It then runs northwards through Vienenburg and Wolfenb?ttel before entering Braunschweig (Brunswick), the largest city on the banks. Some 30 km north of Brunswick the Oker joins the Aller river.

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Left tributaries (from source to mouth):

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• Lange
• Abzucht
• Ohebach
• Weddebach
• Warne
• Br?ckenbach
• Thiedebach

Right tributaries:

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• Radau
• Ecker
• Ilse
• Gro?er Graben
• Altenau
• Schunter
• Bickgraben

River: :For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate. For the state of Nigeria, see Rivers State....

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

Harz: The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. The northernmost mountain chain of Germany, it straddles the border between the states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from a Middle High German word meaning "forest"....