Wiedau

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The Wiedau is a left tributary of the Wümme in Lower Saxony ( Germany ). She follows with their tributary streams of Nordwestabdachung the Lüneburg Heath, which merges gradually into a sandy valley.

Course

The upper reaches of the Wiedau represents the Mehlandsbach which arises south of Schwalingen, a town in the municipality New churches, by the confluence of several streams. In the field of Samtgemeinde Bothel the Wiedau flows through a wooded and natural lowlands. Shortly after she took the little smaller Rodau from left, leads the Wiedau in Rotenburg in the Wümme. It is the largest tributary with an average water flow of more than 3 m³ / s.

Water quality

The Mehlandsbach and Wiedau themselves through the water quality class II ( " moderately polluted "). The on the upper reaches of the Mehlandsbach right accruing Grove Bach has over its entire length, the water quality class II -III ( " critically polluted ").

Fauna and Flora

In the Wiedau among other eels, trout, perch, pike and roach live.

Water

The Wiedau is a popular fishing and canoeing territory. The Wiedau can be driven with good water level of the road bridge in barking at Hemslingen to its confluence with the Wümme for a distance of 23 km with small kayaks.