Hunte

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title: "Hunte" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hunte-basin", "rivers-of-lower-saxony", "federal-waterways-in-germany", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunte" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in Germany ::

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Field	Value
name	Hunte
map	Hunte_pos.png
image	Hunte_b_Doetlingen.jpg
image_caption	The Hunte in the Wildeshausen Geest
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Germany
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Lower Saxony
length	189 km
source1_location	Wiehengebirge
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation
mouth_location	Elsfleth
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	0 m
basin_population	432000
basin_landmarks
progression
basin_size	2635 km2
tributaries_right	Wagenfelder Aue, Ollen
tributaries_left	Haaren, Lethe
waterbodies	Lakes: Dümmer
custom_label	Navigable
custom_data	between Oldenburg and Elsfleth for Europa Ships and coasters; as far as the Coastal Canal (Küstenkanal) for ships up to 1000 Brutto Register Tonnage
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| name = Hunte | map = Hunte_pos.png | map_size = | map_caption = | image = Hunte_b_Doetlingen.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Hunte in the Wildeshausen Geest | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Lower Saxony | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | length = 189 km | width_avg = | depth_avg = | source1_location = Wiehengebirge | source1_coordinates = | source1_elevation = | mouth_location = Elsfleth | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 0 m | basin_population = 432000 | basin_landmarks = | progression = | basin_size = 2635 km2 | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | tributaries_right = Wagenfelder Aue, Ollen | tributaries_left = Haaren, Lethe | waterbodies = Lakes: Dümmer | ports = | bridges = | custom_label = Navigable | custom_data = between Oldenburg and Elsfleth for Europa Ships and coasters; as far as the Coastal Canal (Küstenkanal) for ships up to 1000 Brutto Register Tonnage Hunte () is a 189 km long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), a left tributary of the Weser.

The Hunte rises in the Wiehen Hills. In the North German Plain it flows through lake Dümmer. It flows generally northwards through the towns Bad Essen, Diepholz, Wildeshausen and Oldenburg. It flows into the Weser in Elsfleth. The part between Oldenburg and the Weser is navigable for coastal cargo ships. The Küsten Canal, suitable for inland navigation only, links the Hunte in Oldenburg to river Ems near Papenburg.

Catchment

The catchment of the Hunte is relatively narrow (its maximum width is about 40 km) and it extends from south to north mainly within the state of Lower Saxony but also to a small extent in North Rhine-Westphalia (counties of Minden-Lübbecke and Herford) for a length of about 110 km. The highest point of the catchment area is the Nonnenstein in the Wiehen Hills (), the lowest regions of the catchment lie within the marshes on the lower Hunte (partly below sea level). By far the largest part of the catchment lies on the North German Plain, so that the Hunte flows mainly through bogs, geest and marshland. A small portion lies within the Central Uplands.

::data[format=table] | [[File:River Hunte and Oldenburg Harbour.jpg|thumb|left|The Hunte in Oldenburg]] | [[File:Duemmer2.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Dümmer]] | |---|---| ::

References

References

1. Flussgebietsgemeinschaft Weser: ''Bewirtschaftungsplan Flussgebietseinheit Weser 2005 – Bestandsaufnahme Teilraum Tideweser''

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