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This list of rivers and streams in Ostwestfalen-Lippe contains a selection of the rivers, streams and lakes which lie wholly or partly in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL). The rivers are organised based on the Weser, Lippe and Ems river systems. In addition they are sometimes further divided into sub-regions. The list does not contain all named rivers in OWL, but at least all those with a total catchment area of 10 square kilometres. The list of lakes is also not a full list of all named lakes, especially as the distinction with ponds is not always clear.
System
[edit]River or stream
[edit]System: River name (No., L/R, district)
- No: River number
- L/R: Left or right tributary
- District: districts passed (only OWL districts)
- BI: Bielefeld
- GT: Kreis Gütersloh
- HF: Kreis Herford
- HX: Kreis Höxter
- LIP: Kreis Lippe
- MI: Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
- PB Kreis Paderborn
All tributaries are listed in downstream order in relation to their parent river. The tributaries are listed based on their ranking in the river system:
- 1st order (river discharges into the sea)
- 2nd order (river discharges into a river, which discharges into the sea)
- 3rd order (river discharges into a river, which discharges into a river, which discharges into the sea)
- 4th order: analogous to the above
- 3rd order (river discharges into a river, which discharges into a river, which discharges into the sea)
- 2nd order (river discharges into a river, which discharges into the sea)
Lakes
[edit]System: Name (Parish, district, surface area, origin/type)
- District: see above
- Water surface area: in hectares
- Origin/Type: reservoir, gravel pit, Altwassersee, natural origin, etc.
The lakes are in order of size. If the lake is the largest in its district, the district name is in bold.
Lippe → Rhine
[edit]Upper Lippe to its confluence with the Pader
[edit]- Rhine (not in OWL)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
- Schlänger Bach (27812, R, PB)
- Steinbeke (27814, L, PB)
- Beke (27816, L, PB)
- Durbeke (278162, R, PB)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
Pader → Lippe
[edit]- Rhine (not in OWL)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
- Pader (27818, L, PB)
- Rothebach (278182, R, PB)
- Springbach (2781822, L, PB)
- Rothebach (278182, R, PB)
- Pader (27818, L, PB)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
Alme → Lippe
[edit]- Rhine (not in OWL)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
- Alme (2782, L, PB)
- Nette (27822, R, PB)
- Lühlingsbach (278222, L, PB)
- Harlebach (278232, L, PB)
- Afte (27824, R, PB)
- Talgosse (27826, L, PB)
- Altenau (27828, R, PB)
- Piepenbach (278282, L, PB)
- Sauer (278284, R, PB)
- Bach von Kleinenberg (2782842, R, PB)
- Odenheimer Bach (2782844, R, PB)
- Schmittwasser (2782846, R, PB)
- Ellerbach (278286, R, PB)
- Salenkruke (Rotenbach) (2782862, R, PB)
- Finkenpuhl (2782864, L, PB)
- Nette (27822, R, PB)
- Alme (2782, L, PB)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
Lippe between the Alme and the Glenne
[edit]- Rhine (not in OWL)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
- Thune (27832, R, PB)
- Grimke (278324, R, PB)
- Roter Bach (278332, R, PB)
- Franzosenbach (2783322, R, PB)
- Gunne-Elsen (278334, R, PB)
- Gunne (27836, L, PB)
- Erlbach (278362, RL, PB)
- Heder (278372, R, PB)
- Wellebach (2783722, L, PB)
- Merschgraben (278392, R, PB)
- Thune (27832, R, PB)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
Glenne → Lippe
[edit]- Rhine (not in OWL)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
- Glenne (Haustenbach) (2784, L, PB)
- Knochenbach (278412, R, PB)
- Krollbach (278414, R, PB)
- Schwarzer Graben (27842, R, PB)
- Kaltestrot (278454, R, PB)
- Ochsengraben (Mentzelsfelder Kanal) (27848, L, PB)
- Glenne (Haustenbach) (2784, L, PB)
- Lippe (2781, R, PB)
Ems → North Sea
[edit]Upper Ems to its confluence with the Dalke
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Schwarzwasserbach (31112, L, PB)
- Holtebach (311122, R, PB)
- Hallerbach (3111222, R, PB)
- Holtebach (311122, R, PB)
- Furlbach (3112, R, LIP, PB, GT)
- Bärenbach (31122, L, GT)
- Sennebach (3114, R, LIP, GT)
- Grubebach (3116, L, GT)
- Schwalenbach (Forthbach) (31164, L, GT)
- Rothenbach (311712 dort Rothebach)
- Merschgraben (3117122)
- Eusternbach (31172, L, GT)
- Hamelbach (3118, L, GT)
- Schwarzwasserbach (31112, L, PB)
Dalke → Ems
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Dalke (312, R, BI, GT)
- Sprungbach (3122, L, BI)
- Strothbach (31232, L, BI, GT)
- Hasselbach (3124, R, BI, GT)
- Menkebach (3126, L, LIP, BI, GT)
- Wapelbach (3128, L, LIP, GT)
- Rodenbach (31282, R, GT)
- Großer Bastergraben (312836, R, GT)
- Ölbach (31284, R, LIP, GT)
- Westerholter Bach (312842, R, LIP, GT)
- Schnakenbach (3128422, R, LIP, GT)
- Landerbach (312844, R, LIP, GT)
- Krampsbach (3128442, R, LIP, GT)
- Westerholter Bach (312842, R, LIP, GT)
- Knisterbach (312892, R, GT)
- Dalke (312, R, BI, GT)
Ems between the Dalke and the Lutter
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Ruthenbach (31312, L, GT)
- Poggenbach (31314, L, GT)
Lutter → Ems
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Lutter (3132, R, BI, GT)
- Trüggelbach (31322, L, BI, GT)
- Reiherbach (31324, L, BI, GT)
- Krullsbach (313258, R, BI, GT)
- Welplagebach (Reinkebach, Schlangenbach) (31326, L, GT)
- Lichtebach (31328, R, BI, GT)
- Lutter (3132, R, BI, GT)
Ems between the Lutter and the Hessel
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Abrooksbach (Landbach) (3134, R, GT)
- Rhedaer Bach (3136, R, GT)
- Kleinebach (313612, L, GT)
- Künsebecker Bach (31362, L, GT)
- Ellerbrockgraben (313692, L, GT)
- Wippe (313698, L, GT)
- Loddenbach (3138, R, BI, GT)
- Ruthebach (31382, L, GT)
- Axtbach (314, L, GT)
- Maibach (3144, L, GT)
- Beilbach (3146, L, (not in OWL))
- Flutbach (31472, R, GT)
- Südlicher Emstalgraben (Südlicher Graben) (31492, R, GT)
- Jungferngraben (Nördlicher Talgraben) (3152, R, GT)
Hessel → Ems
[edit]- Ems (3, -, PB, GT)
- Hessel (316, R, GT)
- Casumer Bach (31612, R, GT)
- Berghauser Bach (3161212, R, GT)
- Pustmühlenbach (316122, L, GT)
- Bruchbach (3162, R, GT)
- Rolfbach (31622, L, GT)
- Oberwiesengraben (31626, L, GT)
- Halstenbecker Bach (31624, L, GT)
- Alte Hessel (31632, L, GT)
- Aabach (3164, R, GT)
- Casumer Bach (31612, R, GT)
- Hessel (316, R, GT)
Weser → North Sea
[edit]Diemel → Weser
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Diemel (44, RL, GT)
- Hammerbach (4436, L, HX)
- Schwarzbach (44362, R, HX)
- Hammerbach (4436, L, HX)
- Mühlengraben (4438, RL, HX)
- Diemel (44, RL, GT)
Upper Weser between the Diemel and the Nethe
[edit]Nethe → Weser
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
Upper Weser between the Nethe and the Emmer
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
Emmer → Weser
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Emmer (456, L, HX, LIP)
- Fischbach (Emmer) (45612, L, HX)
- Mühlenbach (45614, R, HX)
- Beberbach (4562, R, HX)
- Röthe (45624, L, LIP)
- Heubach (4564, R, LIP, HX)
- Silberbach (45642, L, LIP)
- Napte (45652, L, LIP)
- Diestelbach (4566, L, LIP)
- Königsbach (45662, R, LIP)
- Istruper Bach (456624, L, LIP)
- Königsbach (45662, R, LIP)
- Niese (4568, R, HX, LIP)
- Kleinenbredener Bach (45684, L, HX)
- Wörmke (45694, R, LIP)
- Ilsenbach (456942, L, HX, LIP)
- Eschenbach (45696, L, LIP)
- Emmer (456, L, HX, LIP)
Upper Weser between the Emmer and the Werre
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Humme (4574, L, LIP)
- Exter (458, L, LIP)
- Herrengraben (4594, L, LIP)
- Kalle (4596, L, LIP)
- Westerkalle (Kallbach) (45962, L, LIP)
- Forellenbach (4598, L, HF)
- Linnenbeeke (45982, R, HF)
- Borstenbach (45992, L, HF)
Werre → Weser
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Upper Werre to its confluence with the Bega
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
- Steinbach (-,R, LIP)
- Strangbach (-, L, LIP)
- Wedasch (-, R, LIP)
- Wörbke (46114, R, LIP)
- Diestelbach (-, R, LIP)
- Wiembecke (4612, L, LIP)
- Berlebecke (Wiggenbach, Knochenbach) (46124, L, LIP)
- Rethlager Bach (4616, L, LIP)
- Rothenbach (46172, L, LIP)
- Haferbach (4618, L, LIP)
- Bentgraben (46192, L, LIP)
- Heipker Bach (46194, L, LIP)
- Siekbach (46196 L, LIP)
- Bexter (46198, L, LIP)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Bega → Werre
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Aa → Werre
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
- Aa (Johannisbach) (464, R, BI, HF)
- Schwarzbach (4642, L, GT, BI)
- Mühlenbach (464216, R, GT, BI)
- Hasbach (464218, R, GT, BI)
- Beckendorfer Mühlenbach (46422, L, HF, BI)
- Schloßhofbach (46432, R, BI)
- Sudbrackbach (464322, R, BI)
- Jöllenbecker Mühlenbach (46452, L, BI, HF)
- Lutterbach (Lutter) (4646, R, BI)
- Baderbach (464612, R, BI)
- Windwehe (46462, R, BI, LIP)
- Oldentruper Bach (464628, R, BI)
- Eickumer Mühlenbach (Kinsbeke) (4648, L, BI, HF)
- Schwarzbach (4642, L, GT, BI)
- Aa (Johannisbach) (464, R, BI, HF)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Werre between the Aa and the Else
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
- Düsedieksbach (4652, L, HF)
- Lippinghauser Bach (46524, L, HF)
- Bramschebach (4654, R, HF)
- Düsedieksbach (4652, L, HF)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Else → Werre
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
- Else (466, 3, R, HF)
- Laerbach (not in OWL)
- Steinbach (466212, R, GT)
- Violenbach (4664, R, GT)
- Kilverbach (46654, L, HF)
- Warmenau (4666, R, HF, GT)
- Spenger Mühlenbach (46664, R, HF, GT)
- Darmühlenbach (46672, L, HF)
- Neue Else (46674, R, HF)
- Werfener Bach (466742, R, HF)
- Gewinghauser Bach (46676, L, HF)
- Brandbach (Bolldambach) (4668, R, HF)
- Ostbach (46679X, L, MI, HF)
- Laerbach (not in OWL)
- Else (466, 3, R, HF)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Lower Werre after its confluence with the Else
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
- Rehmerloh-Mennighüffer Mühlenbach (468, L, HF, MI)
- Tengerner Bach (4684, L, MI)
- Schnathorster Bach (46842, R, MI)
- Mühlenbach (46884, R, MI)
- Tengerner Bach (4684, L, MI)
- Mittelbach (4694, R, HF, MI)
- Kaarbach (Wulferdingser Bach) (46992, L, MI)
- Rehmerloh-Mennighüffer Mühlenbach (468, L, HF, MI)
- Werre (46, L, LIP, HF, MI)
Middle Weser between the Werre and Große Aue
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Meierbach (471312, L, MI)
- Dehmer Mühlenbach (47132, L, MI)
- Bastau (4714, L, MI)
- Flöthe (47142, L, MI)
- Ronceva (L,MI)
- Bastau-Entlaster (47148, L, MI)
- Flöthe (47142, L, MI)
- Osterbach (47192, R, MI)
- (Bückeburger) Aue (472, R, MI)
- Sandfurthbach (4726, L, MI)
- Ösper (4732, L, MI)
- Rottbach (Weser) (4734, L, MI)
- Gehle (474, R, MI)
Große Aue → Weser
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Große Aue (476, L, MI)
- Mehner Bach (47612, R, MI)
- Flöthe (47614, R, MI)
- Kleine Aue (47618, R, MI)
- Braune Aue (476182, R, MI)
- Großer Dieckfluss (4762, L, MI)
- Hollwedener Graben (476216, L, MI)
- Twiehauser Bach (476218, R, MI)
- Fehrnwiesen Graben (47622, L, MI)
- Kleiner Dieckfluss (47624, R, MI)
- Tielger Bruchgraben (47626, L, MI)
- Wickriede (4764, R, MI)
- Flöthe (47644, R, MI)
- Langenhorster Graben (476454, L, MI)
- Kleine Wickriede (47646, R, MI)
- Große Aue (476, L, MI)
Weser, north of the Große Aue
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Steinhuder Meerbach (R, not in OWL)
- Fulde (4782, L, MI)
- Steertschlaggraben (47832, L MI)
- Steinhuder Meerbach (R, not in OWL)
Hunte → Weser
[edit]- Weser (4, -, HX, LIP, HF, MI)
- Hunte (R, not in OWL)
- Wimmerbach (4961129, R, MI) (not in OWL)
- Heithöfer Bach (4961124, LR, MI)
- Schröttinghauser Bach (4961124, R, MI)
- Heithöfer Bach (4961124, LR, MI)
- Grenz Canal (496114, R, MI)
- Ompteda Canal (496261, L, not in OWL)
- Brockumer Pissing (496262, L, MI)
- Wimmerbach (4961129, R, MI) (not in OWL)
- Hunte (R, not in OWL)
- Remark: In the catchment area of the Hunte the streams listed are often just drainage ditches or canals, that cannot be of thecribed using the usual hierarchy of a classic river system with main rivers and tributaries, because there is no constant direction of flow. As a result it is only ansatzweise angedeutet, how the waterbody is linked to its main river.
Shipping canals
[edit]- Mittelland Canal with Minden Aqueduct and access to the Weser
Lakes
[edit]- Aabachsee (Bad Wünnenberg, PB, 180 ha, Stausee) (teilweise in OWL)
- Lippesee (Paderborn, PB, 103 ha, Stau- and Baggersee)
- Alter See-Mittlerer See-Neuer See (Großer Weserbogen) (Porta Westfalica, MI, 90 ha, Baggersee / Altwassersee)
- Schiedersee (Emmerstausee) (Schieder-Schwalenberg, LIP, 82 ha, Stausee)
- Rietberger Fischteiche (Teichanlage bestehend aus 27 verbundenen Teichen, Rietberg, GT, 49,9 ha, Fischteiche/ Gräfte)
- Hochwasserrückhaltebecken Keddinghausen (Büren, PB, 47,5 ha, Stausee)
- Heddinghauser See (Paderborn, PB, 36 ha)
- Nesthauser See (Paderborn, PB, 30 ha, Baggersee)
- Mastholter See (Benteler See) (Rietberg, GT, 26 ha, Baggersee)
- Stemmer See (Kalletal, LIP, 25 ha, Altwassersee)
- Rathsee (Paderborn, PB, 25 ha)
- Bentfelder See (Paderborn, PB, 24 ha)
- Obersee (Johannisbachtalsperre) (Bielefeld, BI, 20 ha, Stausee)
- Mühlensee (Paderborn, PB, 15 ha)
- Altensenner See (Paderborn, PB, 13 ha)
- Axelsee (Beverungen, HX, 12 ha, Altwassersee)
- Lintler See (Gütersloh, GT, 12 ha)
- Hücker Moor (Spenge, HF, 11 ha)
- Emssee (Rietberg, GT, 11 ha)
- Norderteich (Horn- Bad Meinberg, LIP, 11 ha)
- Meschesee (Detmold, LIP, 9 ha)
- Padersee (Paderborn, PB, 7,8 ha)
- Großer Auesee (Espelkamp, MI, 4,5 ha)
- Oberlübber Bergsee (Hille, MI, 0,8 ha, ehemaliger Steinbruch)