Sule is a river of Lower Saxony , Germany , a tributary of the Große Aue .
14-591: Sule may refer to: Sule (river) , a river of Lower Saxony, Germany Sule Skerry , a skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland Sule Stack , a stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland Punta Sulè , a mountain of the Graian Alps in Italy Sule, a former name of Kashgar , an oasis city in western Xinjiang, China Sule Pagoda ,
28-521: A pagoda in Myanmar People with the name [ edit ] Sule [ edit ] Abdel Rahman Sule , South Sudanese politician Abdul Sule (born 1975), former Nigerian football player and current Player Agent Abdullahi Sule (born 1959), Nigerian entrepreneur, businessman and politician Anselmo Sule (1934–2002), Chilean politician, member of the Radical Party and afterwards of
42-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sule (river) The Sule belongs to the Weser river system. With a length of about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) it flows exclusively through the district of Diepholz . It rises north of Scholen , flows in a southerly direction through the villages of Schwaförden , Sulingen , Kirchdorf , and discharges into
56-764: Is linked west to the Dortmund–Ems Canal via the Coastal Canal . It is linked east at Bremerhaven to the Elbe . A large reservoir, the Edersee , on the Eder , the main tributary of the Fulda, is used to allow enough water depth for shipping year-round. The dam, built in 1914, was bombed and severely damaged by British aircraft in May 1943, causing great destruction and about 70 deaths downstream. It
70-691: The Werra (a dialectal form of Weser ), is 744 km (462 mi) long and thus, the longest river entirely situated within Germany (the Main , however, is the longest if the Weser and Werra are not combined). The Weser itself is 452 km (281 mi) long. The Werra rises in Thuringia , the German state south of the main projection (tongue) of Lower Saxony. "Weser" and "Werra" are
84-669: The confluence of the Werra and Fulda . It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen . Its mouth is 50 km (31 mi) further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham . The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula . It then merges into the North Sea via two highly saline , estuarine mouths. It connects to the canal network running east–west across the North German Plain . The river, when combined with
98-524: The Große Aue near Barenburg . This Diepholz district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Lower Saxony is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Weser The Weser ( pronounced [ˈveːzɐ] ) is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany . It begins at Hannoversch Münden through
112-821: The Nationalist Congress Party Zsolt Süle (born 1969), Hungarian singer-songwriter and part-time cook Sule (comedian) (born 1976), Indonesian comedian Şule [ edit ] Şule Azra Akbulut (born 2003), Turkish female karateka Şule Gürbüz (born 1974), Turkish author, poet and clockmaker Şule Kut , head of the department of International Relations at the Istanbul Bilgi University Şule Şahbaz (born 1978), Turkish weightlifter Şule Yüksel Şenler (1938-2019), Cypriot-born Turkish writer, journalist, and women's rights activist See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Sule Topics referred to by
126-981: The Social Democrat Radical Party Baba Sule (born 1978), Ghanaian retired footballer Cole Shade Sule (born 1980), Cameroonian former swimmer Fuad Sule (born 1997), Irish-Nigerian professional footballer Gustav Sule (1910–1942), Estonian javelin thrower Harvey Alexander-Sule , English rapper and actor Niklas Süle (born 1995), German footballer Maitama Sule (1929–2017), Nigerian politician, diplomat, and statesman Olayinka Sule , Administrator of Jigawa State, Nigeria from 1991 to 1992 Rofiat Sule , Nigerian footballer Sule Ahman , Military Administrator of Enugu State, Nigeria from 1996 to 1998 Sule Ladipo (born 1974), former tennis player from Nigeria Sule Lamido (born 1948), Foreign minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003 Sule Utura (born 1990), Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner Supriya Sule , Indian politician from
140-667: The confluence of the Fulda and the Werra. It then runs down to the Porta Westfalica between two high hill ranges, the Wiehengebirge , west and the Weserbergland in the east. Between Minden and the North Sea, humans have largely canalised the river up to a limit of 1,200-ton ships. Eight hydroelectric dams stand at the ends of adjacent weirstreams that make up the river. The navigation
154-519: The ports of Bremerhaven , Nordenham , and Bremen . The Alte Weser Lighthouse marks the northernmost point of the Weser. This replaced the Roter Sand Lighthouse in 1964. The largest tributary of the Weser is the Aller , which joins south of Bremen. Tributaries of the Weser and the Werra (from source to mouth) are: Modes of the list: List: Main towns along the Weser are (from the head of
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#1732855945052168-514: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sule . 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=Sule&oldid=1233623249 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
182-960: The same words in different dialects. The difference reflects the old linguistic border between Central and Low German , passing through Hannoversch Münden. The name likely derives from the Old Germanic *waisōn "flow, ooze". It is cognate with the Wear in England and Vistula (Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) in Poland, all of which are derived from the Proto-Indo-European root * weys- "to flow", which also gives rise to Old English/Old Frisian wāse "mud, ooze", Old Norse veisa "slime, stagnant pool", Dutch waas "haze; soggy land" (see Waasland ), Old Saxon waso "wet ground, mire", Old High German wasal "rain" and French vase "mud, sludge". The Weser starts at
196-481: Was rebuilt within four months. The reservoir is a major summer resort area. Turbines driven by its sluices provide electricity . The Weser enters the North Sea in the southernmost part of the German Bight . In the sea it splits into two arms – the riverbed at the end of the last ice age . These sea arms are called Alte Weser (old Weser) and Neue Weser (new Weser). They are the waterways for ships heading for
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