5-671: Alme may refer to: Alme (river) , a tributary of the Lippe in Germany Almè , a municipality in the province of Bergamo, Italy Alme, Cameroon , a village in Adamawa Region Almé Z , a sire of show jumping horses Almeh , a type of female entertainers in Egypt Alme (surname) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-573: Is a 59-kilometre (37 mi) long river in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is a left tributary of the Lippe , into which it flows near Paderborn . The Alme defines the Alme Valley and flows through the towns Büren , Borchen and Paderborn. In July 1965 a devastating flood occurred, which became part of regional history as a once-in-a-hundred-years flooding and is remembered by locals as
15-411: The "Heinrichsflut" (Henry's Day Flood). After heavy rainfalls from July 15 through to 17 (more than 135 L/m ), basements were flooded. In the village of Wewelsburg a bridge collapsed, an Army sapper unit had to be brought in for disaster relief. Streets turned into river beds, railway and bus traffic had to be stopped, 16 people died. As a consequence of the flood, which also took in the tributaries of
20-473: The Alme and the Lippe river itself, the " Wasserverband Obere Lippe " (board for basin management of the upper Lippe river) was founded, one of whose aims is to prevent or mitigate any damage that may be caused by further floods mainly by way of building detention basins . On August 22, 2007, the Alme river burst its banks around the town of Büren , after heavy rainfalls of some 70 L/m in the course of one night. In
25-449: The title Alme . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alme&oldid=1121813383 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alme (river) The Alme
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