The Aper Tief is a stream in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
,
Germany
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.
It flows through the municipalities of
Apen (district of
Ammerland
Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Oldenburg and the districts of Oldenburg, Cloppenburg, Leer, Friesland and Wesermarsch.
History
The "Ammerland" was first mention ...
) and
Detern in the collective municipality of
Jümme
Jümme is a collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') in the district of Leer (district), Leer in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the River Jümme (river), Jümme which flows through all three constituent communities. It has a ...
(
district of Leer). It begins west of Apen at the confluence of the Große Süderbäke and the Große Norderbäke, runs roughly east–west and empties south of the municipality of Detern into the
Jümme
Jümme is a collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') in the district of Leer (district), Leer in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the River Jümme (river), Jümme which flows through all three constituent communities. It has a ...
. Including its source river Große Süderbäke, its total length is .
The Aper Tief is
tidal. Its
tidal range
Tidal range is the difference in height between high tide and low tide. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and Sun, by Earth's rotation and by centrifugal force caused by Earth's prog ...
is about three quarters of a metre.
Das Aper Tief darf sein Bett wieder verlassen
', Landkreis Ammerland und Ammerländische Wasserwacht, Juli 2007. Accessed on 5 February 2011
See also
*
List of rivers of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea.
A–Z
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
*Purrmühlenbach
R
S
T
*Tiefenbeek
*Trillkebach
*Trutenbeek
*Twiste (Oste), Twiste
U
*Uffe ...
Literature
* Dipl.-Ing. Richard Eckhoff, Hilke Hinrichs: ''Das Aper Tief darf wieder das Bett verlassen.'' In: ''gewässer-info'', Nr. 53, January 2012, pp. 569–571
pdf file 3.2 MB)
References
External links
{{Commons category, Aper Tief
Naturschutzgebiet „Aper Tief“beim
Niedersächsischen Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz
Rivers of Lower Saxony
Ammerland
Nature reserves in Lower Saxony
Flood control in Germany
Natural regions of Germany
Rivers of Germany