Peene River

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The Peene River is a lowland river in northeastern Germany, often called the "Amazon of the North" for its largely untouched wetlands and rich biodiversity.

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Label Occurrences
Peene 9
Peene River canonical 5
Peene river system 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lowland river
river
basinCountry Germany
country Germany
drainageBasin Oder River basin
flowsInto Baltic Sea drainage basin
surface form: Baltic Sea basin
flowsThrough Anklam
Demmin
Loitz
hasConservationStatus one of the best-preserved river landscapes in Germany
hasCulturalSignificance regional symbol of intact river nature in northeastern Germany
hasEcosystemType floodplain meadows
peatlands
reed beds
riverine wetlands
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic slow-flowing water
strongly meandering course
very low gradient
hasNickname Amazon of the North
knownFor extensive floodplains
high biodiversity
largely untouched wetlands
meandering lowland course
length approximately 100 km
locatedIn northeastern Germany
state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
mouth Szczecin Lagoon
surface form: Oder Lagoon

Peenestrom
nearbyProtectedArea Peenetal nature reserves
partOf Peene River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peene river system
region Pomerania
surface form: Western Pomerania
sourceRegion Lake Kummerow area
Mecklenburg Lake District
supportsSpeciesGroup amphibians
aquatic plants
fish
waterfowl
tributary Datze River NERFINISHED
Kummerower See
surface form: Kummerower See (as part of its system)

Tollense River
Trebel River NERFINISHED
usedFor angling
birdwatching
canoeing
nature tourism

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mecklenburg Lake District hasPart Peene River
Bezirk Neubrandenburg (1952–1990) hadMainRiver Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Szczecin Lagoon inflow Peene River
Pomeranian Bay receivesRiver Peene River
Oder River delta hasPart Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene River mouth
Anklam locatedOnRiver Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Peenebrücke Wolgast crosses Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Peenebrücke Wolgast namedAfter Peene River
Peenebrücke Wolgast locatedOnWatercourse Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Vorpommern-Greifswald (district) hasMajorRiver Peene River
subject surface form: Vorpommern-Greifswald
this entity surface form: Peene
Demmin locatedOnRiver Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Kummerower See inflow Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Kummerower See outflow Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Kummerower See hasRiver Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene
Kummerower See partOf Peene River
this entity surface form: Peene river system
Peene River partOf Peene River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peene river system