Kleine Aue (Barenburg)

The Kleine Aue ("Little Aue") is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It discharges into the Große Aue ("Great Aue") from the left in Barenburg.

Kleine Aue
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	in the Geestmoor near Scholen-Blockwinkel
• coordinates	52°45′25″N 8°45′04″E
• elevation	50 m
Mouth
• location	at Barenburg into the Große Aue
• coordinates	52°36′56″N 8°47′42″E
• elevation	33 m
Length	17.7 km (11.0 mi)
Basin size	107.32 km2 (41.44 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Barenburg
Basin features
Progression	Große Aue→ Weser→ North Sea
Tributaries
• right	Kuhbach

It is the lower one of two homonymous tributaries of that affluent of River Weser. It has a length of 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi). Its entire course is lying in the district of Diepholz in the federal state of Lower Saxony.

Course

The river rises southwest of Scholen, flows in a southerly direction through Schwaförden, west of the town of Sulingen and is joined by the Kuhbach stream. It then continues through Kirchdorf and discharges into the Große Aue at Barenburg.

See also

• List of rivers of Lower Saxony

External links

• ELWAS, the Northrhine-Westphalian hydrological information board, with kilometring also in neighbouring regions Archived 2020-07-07 at the Wayback Machine