The Kleine Laber (also: ''Kleine Laaber'', ) is a river in

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. The Kleine Laber issues into the

Große Laber Große Laber (, ; also: ''Große Laaber'') is a river in Bavaria, Germany, a right tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Volkenschwand. It is long. It flows northeast through the small towns Rottenburg an der Laaber, Schierling and Rain. ...

, which issues into the

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Course

From its source in the

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district near

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-Egg the Kleine Laber mostly flows in the north-east direction, among others, through Neufahrn in Niederbayern. Then the stream reaches the district

Straubing-Bogen Straubing-Bogen is a Districts of Germany, ''Landkreis'' (district) in the eastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Cham (district), Cham, Regen (district), Regen, Deggendorf (district), Deggendorf, Din ...

. There it passes through

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, Geiselhöring, Perkam,

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and

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. Finally the stream issues into the

at Atting - Wallmühle.

Tributaries

Kleine Laber (Untere Au)

Originally the Kleine Laaber issued directly into the Danube. This changed in course of the training of the Danube. With this change a part of the Kleine Laber was cut off. Now this is called Kleine Laber in the ''Lower Meadow'' (Untere Au).

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''Verzeichnis der Bach- und Flussgebiete in Bayern – Flussgebiet Naab bis Isar''
(PDF; 2,8 MB) p. 68, p. 74 {{Authority control Rivers of Bavaria Landshut (district) Straubing-Bogen Rivers of Germany

Course

Tributaries

Kleine Laber (Untere Au)

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