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Encyclopedia > Werra
Werra
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Origin Thuringia
Mouth Weser
Basin countries Germany
Length 292 km
Source elevation ±800 m
Avg. discharge
Watershed area 5,496 km²

The Werra is a river in central Germany. The Werra has its source near Fehrenbach in Thuringia. After 293 km the Werra joins the Fulda River in Hann. Münden, forming the Weser. The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ... The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a spring, or a collection of headwaters. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hannoversch Münden Hannoversch Münden (officially abbreviated to Hann. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...


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TP: Nasspökeln an der Werra (1359 words)
Seit den 1930er Jahren wurden in der Werra periodisch wiederkehrende Fischsterben und ein starker Artenrückgang der Fauna verzeichnet; Salzwasserarten eroberten in der Folge den Fluss.
Dennoch reicht das derzeitige Belastungsniveau der Werra nicht annähernd zum Erreichen der EU-weit verbindlich geforderten guten Gewässerqualität aus.
Gehört eigentlich ans Meer: der an Brackwasserverhältnisse angepasste Gemeine Darmtang (Enteromorpha intestinalis) bildet in der Werra Algenmatten aus.
Oberleutnant Franz von Werra (4160 words)
Franz von Werra was born to upper class yet impoverished Swiss parents, and together with his sister, Emma, he was sold to and raised by an aristocratic German family.
As soon as von Werra's absence was noted, an alert was put out asking all farmers to lock their hoggarths and keep a close eye upon them, as it was believed that sooner or later von Werra would seek shelter in one of these.
Von Werra worked at thawing it so that he could get it open, a task in which he was assisted by his old escaping partners, Manhard, Willhelm and Wagner, but also from the remaining German prisoners in the carriage who unwittingly donated their own body heat to raising the temperature.
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