River system Elbe Length 90 km Mouth White Elster | Basin size 1,876 km² Source Zwickau Country Germany | |
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Location Saxony, Thuringia, Germany Main source Drei-Linden-Brunnen (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) in Ebersbrunn near Zwickau
443 m River mouth White Elster (Elster flood plain) in Leipzig
103 m Progression White Elster → Saale → Elbe → North Sea | ||
The Pleiße is a right tributary of the White Elster in Saxony, Germany. It has its source southwest of Zwickau at Ebersbrunn, then flows through Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, and other towns and villages in Saxony and Thuringia, before meeting the White Elster in Leipzig.
Map of Plei%C3%9Fe, Germany
The river originally had a natural length of 115 km; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around 90 km.
References
Pleiße Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA