Dosse (river)

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| name = Dosse

| image = Dosse-bei-Wittstock-09-08-2008-154.jpg

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| source1_location = Brandenburg

| mouth_location = Havel

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52|47|42|N|12|12|45|E|display=inline,title}}

| progression = {{RHavel}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = States

| subdivision_name2 = Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg

| length_km = 94

| source1_elevation =

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| basin_size_km2 = 1268

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The Dosse ({{IPA|de|ˈdɔsə|-|De-Dosse.ogg}}) is a river in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2014 |title=Landesamt für Umwelt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz Abteilung Ökologie, Naturschutz, Wasser (ÖNW) |url=https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/vollstandige-korrekte-ubersicht-aller-seen-und-gewasser-im-land-brandenburg-moglichst-im-pdf-format-oa-ersatzweise-in-gedruckter-form/15877/anhang/Fliegewsserverzeichnis.pdf |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=Frag den Staat |language=de}} It is a right tributary of the Havel in Saxony-Anhalt.

The Dosse is {{convert|94|km|mi}} long, with its source on the border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg, arising out of three small brooks that unite after four kilometres. It flows generally south, through Wittstock, Wusterhausen, and Neustadt an der Dosse, before joining the Havel near Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt. The total catchment area is {{convert|1268|km2|mi2}}.

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With the town of Wittstock on its banks, the Dosse was the site of the 1636 Battle of Wittstock between Sweden and an alliance between Imperial and Saxon troops during the Thirty Years' War.