Weser

The Weser is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is 50 km further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham. The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula. It then merges into the North Sea via two …
The Weser is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is 50 km further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham. The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula. It then merges into the North Sea via two highly saline, estuarine mouths.
  • Etymology: *waisōn, Proto-Germanic, meaning "flow" or "ooze"
  • Country: Germany
  • States: Bremen · Lower Saxony · North Rhine-Westphalia · Thuringia · Hesse
  • Cities: Bremerhaven · Bremen · Minden · Hamelin · Hann. Münden · Kassel · Fulda
  • Mouth: Wadden Sea of the North Sea
  • Length: 452 km (281 mi) [744 km (462 mi) if combined with the Werra]
  • Basin size: 46,306 km² (17,879 sq mi)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org