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Encyclopedia > Hunte

The Hunte is a 198 km long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony). It rises in the Wiehengebirge hills. It flows generally northwards through the towns Bad Essen, Diepholz, Wildeshausen and Oldenburg. It flows into the Weser in Elsfleth. The part between Oldenburg and the Weser is navigable for cargo ships, and connects the Weser to the Küstenkanal, which runs from Oldenburg to the Ems. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... The Wiehengebirge is a low mountain range in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. ... Diepholz is a town in Lower Saxony, capital of the district Diepholz. ... Wildeshausen is the capital of the Oldenburg district in north western Germany, located by the river Hunte. ... Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... Cargo ships on the Rhine Cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship that carries goods and materials from one port to another. ... Satellite image of the Ems estuary and its surroundings The Ems (German; Dutch: Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany and northeastern Netherlands. ...


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