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First attested in Latin as Albis, the name Elbe means "river" or "river-bed" and is nothing more than the High German version of a word found elsewhere in Germanic; cf. Old Norse river name Elfr, Swedish älv "river", Norwegian elv "river", Old English river name elf, and Middle Low German elve "river-bed". [2]
current Elbe river bed The Elbe Urstromtal ( German : Elbe-Urstromtal ) refers to the present-day valley of the Elbe over a length of around 300 kilometers (190 miles) between the German town of Genthin , Saxony-Anhalt, and the Elbe's mouth into the North Sea near Cuxhaven , Lower Saxony.
Kamenice is a common Czech toponymy. The name is derived from the Czech word kamenný, i.e. 'stony'.The river was named after the character of the river bed. [1] The river is sometimes called Hřenská Kamenice to distinguish it from the eponymous rivers in the country.
[2] flows to Jaroměř, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of 250 m (820 ft). It is 78.1 km (48.5 mi) long. Its drainage basin has an area of 513.1 km 2 (198.1 sq mi), of which 490.3 km 2 (189.3 sq mi) in the Czech Republic and rest in Poland. [3] [4] The upper course is characterized by a large drop and a rocky river bed.
The Bílina (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbiːlɪna]; German: Biela) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is 82.0 km (51.0 mi) long. The river flows through a densely populated area with a high concentration of industry.
The catchment of the River Elbe. The Elbe Germans (German: Elbgermanen) or Elbe Germanic peoples were Germanic tribes whose settlement area, based on archaeological finds, lay either side of the Elbe estuary on both sides of the river and which extended as far as Bohemia and Moravia, clearly the result of a migration up the Elbe river from the northwest in advance of the main Migration Period ...
To the south is the widest point of the river Elbe (2.8 km) which provides various tourist and recreational opportunities as well as a view of the Airbus plant. The views from the river-facing portions of Blankenese have resulted in highly desirable properties and expensive real estate prices.
The secondary flow is called Stará řeka ("Old river") and was once the main bed of the Metuje. They join again in Šestajovice, but after a few hundred metres it splits again into a secondary stream, which is called Stará Metuje ("Old Metuje"). The streams then join a few hundred metres before the confluence of the Metuje with the Elbe.