A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea; Also called: Elbe River.
One of the principal rivers of Germany, 1,166 km/725 mi long, rising on the southern slopes of the Riesengebirge, Czech Republic, and flowing NW across the German plain to the North Sea.
Italien. Mittelmeerinsel zw. Korsika und dem italien. Festland, 223 km², Hauptstadt Portoferraio, höchste Erhebung Monte Capanne (1019 m). E. war 1814/1815 Verbannungsort Napoleons I.