The Söse is a right tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the river Rhume

Rhume

The Rhume is a 48 km long river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine. Its source is a karstic spring in Rhumspringe, south of the Harz mountain range...

, 38 kilometres long, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

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.

Geography

The river

River

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 rises on the plateau of Auf dem Acker

Auf dem Acker

Auf dem Acker is a mountain ridge up to 865.1 metres high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony .- Geography :...

in the district of Osterode in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in Germany. From there it flows initially westwards; and is then impounded at a pre-dam and then by the Söse Dam

Söse Dam

The Söse Dam is a dam in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains near Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony.It was the first dam to be built in the Harz and was constructed by the Harzwasserwerke between 1928 and 1931. It is used for flood prevention, electricity generation, supplying...

 between the Osterode

Osterode am Harz

For the town in East Prussia formerly called Osterode, see Ostróda.Osterode am Harz often simply called Osterode, is a town in south-eastern Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It is the seat of government of the district of Osterode. The town is twinned with Scarborough,...

 village of Riefensbeek and the town of Osterode am Harz

Osterode am Harz

For the town in East Prussia formerly called Osterode, see Ostróda.Osterode am Harz often simply called Osterode, is a town in south-eastern Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It is the seat of government of the district of Osterode. The town is twinned with Scarborough,...

 itself. In Osterode the river bends northwest, only to swing westwards near Badenhausen

Badenhausen

Badenhausen is a municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

 and then southwards near Eisdorf

Eisdorf

Eisdorf is a municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

 just a few kilometres west of the Harz. It flows in that direction through Osterode-Dorste before entering the westward-flowing Rhume between the villages of Berka and Elvershausen, both part of the borough of Katlenburg-Lindau

Katlenburg-Lindau

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 in the district of Northeim.

Tributaries

• Große Söse ("Great Söse", left headstream)
• Kleine Söse ("Little Söse", right headstream)

• Große Limpig (right)
• Eipenke
  Eipenke
  The Eipenke is a left tributary of the River Söse near Osterode in the Harz Mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony.- Course :The Eipenke rises south of the Söse Reservoir and flows below the hill known as the Sösenkopf in a western direction. It discharges into the Söse in the Osterode...
  
   (left)
• Ospenke
  Ospenke
  The Ospenke is a left tributary of the Söse near Osterode in the Harz Mountains of central Germany in the state of Lower Saxony.- Course :The Ospenke rises between the valleys of the Apenke and Eipenke, runs parallel to the latter and empties from the left into the Söse in the suburb of...
  
   (left)
• Lerbach (right)
• Apenke
  Apenke
  The Apenke is a left tributary of the Söse in Osterode in the Harz Mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony.- Course :The Apenke rises south of the Feenhöhe heights in the Bärengarten. It flows initially parallel to the Eipenke stream in a southwesterly direction. Near Augustental it is joined...
  
  (left)
• Große Bremke (right)
• Wellbeek (right)
• Uferbach (right)
• Sulpebach (right)
• Markau (right)
• Bierbach (right)
• Dornkesbach (right)
• Goldbach (right)
• Salza (left)
• Dorster Mühlenbach (left)