Elbe Elben · Labe · Łaba · Łobjo Elbe: river – about 1,094 km long; drainage basin about 148,268 km²; countries: Czech Republic and Germany; flows into: North Sea, Heligoland Bight and German Bight; mean discharge at the mouth about 711 m³/s.
Key facts Type River Length 1,094.3 km Drainage basin 148,268 km² Mean discharge 711 m³/s Source Giant Mountains Mouth North Sea, Heligoland Bight, German Bight Countries Czech Republic, Germany Source coordinates 50.7756, 15.5364 Mouth coordinates 53.9222, 8.7222 Wikidata Wikidata Q1644 Source: Wikidata Q1644 · Licence: CC0 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-23. Wikidata values may be incomplete; lengths and areas vary with the measuring method.
Cycle routes along the river EuroVelo 12 - Nordseeküsten-Radweg - Abschnitt Deutschland Nordseeküstenroute (Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein) EuroVelo 7 - Sonnen-Route - Teil Deutschland [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt F] [D10] Elberadweg linkselbisch [Abschnitt B] [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt B] [D10] Elberadweg rechtselbisch [Abschnitt C] Nordseeküstenroute (Niedersachsen Bremerhaven-Hamburg) Long-distance cycle routes (EuroVelo, German D-network and others) passing within 3 km of a gauge on this river.
Water body status (WFD) 1 of 41 water bodies at the gauges reach at least good ecological status or potential.
Tributaries in the encyclopedia (17)