Schilde is a river of

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. It is a left tributary of the Schaale. The Schaale flows into the Sude which is a tributary to the

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River course

The source area of the Schilde is located in the nature reserve Neuendorfer Moor, which belongs to the district Neuendorf of the municipality Pokrent, about west of Schwerin. It first turns in a southerly direction and, after about , flows through Woezer See in the municipality of

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. From here, the Schilde flow towards the south-west. In Camin (district of Vellahn), the

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, the only notable tributary flows into the Schilde. The river flows then into the Schaale near Bennin, a district of Vellahn. The height difference from the source to the mouth is about – from to {{convert, 15, m above sea level. At the Schilde, the communities Pokrent, Lützow, Schildetal of district

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and

and Vellahn of district

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are situated.

Watershed

The source area of the Schilde lies on the

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watershed: while the Schilde flows over the

into the North Sea, the area north of the springs drains over the Stepenitz and the

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into the Baltic Sea.

River course

Watershed

See also