Mitteleurop. Strom, 1 165 km lang (940 km schiffbar), Quelle im südl. Riesengebirge (Böhmen), 15 km breite Mündung bei Cuxhaven in die Nordsee.
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.