Warnow / Peene river basin district
The Warnow / Peene river basin district (FGE Warnow / Peene) is a river basin district compiled from the coastal waters and catchment areas of surface waters in the entire north-eastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as part of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive .
In addition to the namesake rivers Warnow and Peene , the FGE mainly includes smaller rivers and streams that flow into the Baltic Sea, as well as all coastal waters between the Bay of Lübeck and the Szczecin Lagoon . It borders on the west by the FGE Schlei / Trave , on the south by the FGE Elbe and on the southeast by the FGE or to which the waters of the island of Usedom , with the exception of the tributaries of Peenestrom belong. Overall, the river basin district is around 21,000 km², but the land area is only around 13600 km².
The river basin district is organizationally divided into the four processing areas Warnow, Peene, Coastal Area West and Coastal Area East.
Main waters
Web links
- Map of the German FGE (Annex 2 to the Water Resources Act)