River Spree
Description:
Spree, Spree - a river in the eastern part of Germany, the left tributary of the Havel, in the Elbe basin.
The length is about 400 km (in some sources other figures are indicated - 382 km, 398 km, 403 km). The area of the pool is 9,793 km2. Average water consumption is about 40 m3/s.
The river originates in the Luzhitsky Mountains near the border with the Czech Republic. It has three recognized sources. It flows mainly to the north, flows through the federal states of Saxony, Brandenburg and the city of Berlin. In the lower reaches flows through the historical Sprewald region. Crossing Berlin, Spree flows into Hasel in the western part of the German capital.
The Spree is navigable and is part of the Elbe-Oder waterway.