Aue (Oste)

Aue

The Aue in Bülkau
Location	Cuxhaven district,  Germany
Reference no.	DE: 5988
Length	14 km
Source	Pumping station on the Balksee in the parish of Wingst 53°42′13″N 9°00′36″E / 53.70362°N 9.01004°ECoordinates: 53°42′13″N 9°00′36″E / 53.70362°N 9.01004°E
Source height	3 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth	Near Neuhaus (Oste) into the Oste 53°48′30″N 9°02′29″E / 53.80825°N 9.04140°E
Mouth height	1 m above sea level (NN)
Descent	2 m
Basin	Elbe
Progression	Oste → Elbe → North Sea
Catchment	123 km²

The Aue is a left, southwestern, tributary of the Oste in northern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long.

Geography

Before the construction of the Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal the Aue was the natural outlet of the Balksee lake in the southwest part of the parish of Wingst on the southern edge of the collective municipality of Am Dobrock. The Balksee is, in turn, fed by several streams. The Aue today no longer has any direct link with the Balksee and rises on its northern edge. The Aue, as a former sea creek, has no natural gradient. The water level is artificially held below sea level by dyke sluices and a pumping station.

Tributaries

• Rönne
• Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal (most of the water from the Balksee and the old drainage basin of the Aue flows through this canal)
• Sprengeauswettern
• Splethauswettern

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