Elbe

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major European river river

The Elbe is one of Central Europe's major rivers, flowing from the Czech Republic through Germany to the North Sea and serving as an important waterway for transport, industry, and agriculture.

Aliases (8)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major European river → river →
basinCountry	Austria → Belgium → Czech Republic → France → Germany → Poland → Switzerland →
borderFunction	forms parts of historical and modern borders in Central Europe →
continent	Europe →
country	Czech Republic → Germany →
drainageBasinArea	about 148000 square kilometres →
flowsThrough	Cuxhaven region → Dresden → Hamburg → Lauenburg → Magdeburg → Meissen → Torgau → Wittenberg → Ústí nad Labem →
hasEstuaryType	tidal estuary →
importantFor	European inland shipping network → German foreign trade via Port of Hamburg →
length	about 1094 kilometres →
locatedIn	Central Europe →
mouth	North Sea →
mouthLocation	near Cuxhaven, Germany →
navigable	yes →
partOf	Elbe river basin →
passesThroughRegion	Bohemia → Hamburg → Lower Saxony → Saxony → Saxony-Anhalt → Schleswig-Holstein →
sourceCountry	Czech Republic →
sourceElevation	about 1386 metres →
sourceLocation	Krkonoše Mountains →
tributary	Elde → Havel → Mulde → Ohře → Saale → Schwarze Elster → Vltava →
usedFor	agricultural irrigation → hydroelectric power in parts of its basin → industrial transport → inland water transport →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alster ("Elbe river basin") → Chemnitz River ("Elbe river basin") → Elbe ("Elbe river basin") → Elster ("Elbe river basin") → Havel River ("Elbe river basin") → Mulde ("Elbe river network") → Schwarze Elster ("Elbe river system") → Spree ("Elbe river basin") →	partOf
Dessau-Roßlau → Dresden → Hamburg → Meissen → Pirna → Wittenberg ("Elbe River") →	locatedOnRiver
Central Europe → Germany → Lower Saxony → Schleswig-Holstein →	hasMajorRiver
Alster → Bille → Havel → Havel River ("Elbe River") →	tributaryOf
Brandenburg → North German Plain → Saxony →	hasRiver
Czech Republic → Elbe Sandstone Mountains → Northern Germany →	majorRiver
Bode ("Elbe river system") → Havel ("Elbe river system") → Mulde ("Elbe basin") →	riverSystem
Hradec Králové Region ("Elbe River") → Saxony-Anhalt ("Elbe River") →	contains
Elster → Zwickauer Mulde near Wechselburg ("Elbe basin") →	drainageBasin
Havel → Havel River ("Elbe River") →	mouthOf
Bille → Mulde →	mouthOfWaterBody
Bohemia →	crossedByRiver
Bille →	dischargesInto
German Central Uplands →	drainedBy
German-Czech border →	hasMajorBorderRiver
Bille ("Elbe river system") →	isPartOf
Elbe Sandstone Mountains ("Elbe river basin") →	locatedIn
Pirna ("Elbe Valley") →	locatedInRegion
Meissen ("Elbe valley") →	locatedInValley
Speicherstadt warehouse district ("Elbe River") →	locatedNextTo
Elbphilharmonie ("Elbe River") →	locatedOn
Port of Hamburg ("Elbe River") →	locatedOnWaterbody
Advance to the Elbe ("Elbe River") →	location
Alster →	mouthOfWatercourse
Zwönitz ("Elbe river system") →	partOfRiverSystem
Selke →	riverBasin
Central Bohemian Region ("Labe River") →	traversedBy