Shields
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Water code | DE : 593688 | |
location | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | |
River system | Brew | |
Drain over | Schaale → Sude → Elbe → North Sea | |
River basin district | Elbe | |
source | in the Neuendorfer Moor nature reserve | |
Source height | 58 m above sea level NHN | |
muzzle | in the Schaale near Bennin Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '5 " N , 10 ° 52' 57" E 53 ° 26 '5 " N , 10 ° 52' 57" E |
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Mouth height | 15 m above sea level NHN | |
Height difference | 43 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.1 ‰ | |
length | 40 km | |
Catchment area | 328 km² | |
Left tributaries | Motel , Düsterbeck | |
Flowing lakes | Woezer See | |
Shields at Döbbersen after flowing through the Woezer See |
The Schilde is a 40 km long left tributary of the Schaale in the west of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The Schaale flows over the Sude into the Elbe .
River course
The headwaters of the Schilde are located in the Neuendorfer Moor nature reserve , which belongs to the Neuendorf district of the Pokrent community , about 20 kilometers west of Schwerin . It turns first in a southerly direction, after about 13 kilometers flows through the Woezer See in the municipality of Wittendbod . From here the Schilde flows in a south-westerly direction, takes in Camin with the Motel the only notable tributary before it flows into the Schaale near Bennin .
The height difference from the source to the mouth is about 43 m (from 58 m above sea level to 15 m above sea level).
The communities of Pokrent , Lützow , Schildenal (all districts of Northwest Mecklenburg ) as well as Wittendbod and Vellahn in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim are located on the Schilde .
Watershed
The source area of the Schilde lies on the North Sea-Baltic Sea watershed : while the Schilde flows over the Elbe into the North Sea , the area north of the sources drains over the Stepenitz and Trave into the Baltic Sea .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Bergemann: Complete list of flowing waters in the Elbe catchment area . Authority for the Environment and Energy, Hamburg July 1, 2015 ( fgg-elbe.de [PDF; 802 kB ; accessed on November 29, 2015]).
- ↑ Final report “The shields lifeline - water and moor renaturation in the Schilden valley in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve” (PDF; 2.2 MB), project status 2008, page 26