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Stepenitz (Mecklenburg)
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Tributary
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of the Trave
Trave
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in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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The Stepenitz flows from the elongated and narrow Neumühler See
Neumühler See
Neumühler See is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 44 m, its surface area is 1.715 km².- External links :...
, which is in the northwest portion of the city of Schwerin
Schwerin
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