Werra

{{About|the German river Werra|the residents' association located in Surrey|WERRA}}

{{infobox river

| name = Werra

| map = Verlaufskarte Werra.png

| map_size =

| map_caption = Course of the Werra

| image =

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| image_caption =

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 7

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = States

| subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|Hesse|Lower Saxony|Thuringia}}

| length = {{convert|299.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} Messung über [http://geographie.giersbeck.de/werra-einzeln.kmz Geopfad] (kmz, 66 kB). Die Werte von 292,1 km (ohne Quellbäche) bzw. 298,7 km (über Quelle am Eselsberg) wurden um 0,9 km nach oben korrigiert, da laut hessischer Stationierung die Ulstermündung an km 161,6 liegt, im Geopfad jedoch an 160,7.

| width_avg =

| depth_avg =

| source1_location =

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|50.4997|10.96478|type:river_region:DE-TH|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| source1_elevation = {{Höhe|797|DE-NN|link=true }}

| mouth_location = confluence with the Fulda
in Hann. Münden to form the Weser

| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|51.42097496|9.6491679|type:river_region:DE-NI|format=dms|display=inline}}

| mouth_elevation = {{Höhe|116.5|DE-NN|link=true}}

| basin_population =

| basin_landmarks = {{ubl

| Large towns: Meiningen, Eisenach, Eschwege, Hann. Münden

| Small towns: Bad Salzungen, Vacha, Creuzburg, Treffurt

}}

| progression = {{RWeser}}

| basin_size = {{convert|5496|km2|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}}

| discharge1_location = am Pegel Meiningen[http://cdl.niedersachsen.de/blob/images/C53168470_L20.pdf Gewässerkundliches Jahrbuch Weser-Ems 2005] - PDF, 6,7 MB

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|14.0|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| discharge2_location = Vacha

| discharge2_avg = {{convert|23.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| discharge3_location = Gerstungen

| discharge3_avg = {{convert|30.9|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| discharge4_location = Frankenroda

| discharge4_avg = {{convert|40.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| discharge5_location = Allendorf

| discharge5_avg = {{convert|46.5|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} {{ubl

|Location:
Letzter Heller, bei Hann. Münden

|Average rate: {{convert|51.2|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

}}

| tributaries_right = Schleuse, Hasel, Hörsel

| tributaries_left = Ulster, Felda, Wehre

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| ports =

| custom_label = Navigable

| custom_data = {{convert|89|km|mi|abbr=on}}; motor boats in places, but not throughout

| extra =

}}

The Werra ({{IPA|de|ˈvɛʁa|-|De-Werra.ogg}}), a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser. "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of German. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After {{convert|293|km|mi}} the Werra joins the river Fulda in the town of Hann. Münden, forming the Weser. If the Werra is included as part of the Weser, the Weser is the longest river entirely within German territory at {{Convert|744|km|mi}}.

Its valley, the {{lang|de|Werratal}}, has many tributaries and is a relative lull between the Rhön Mountains and the Thuringian Forest.

Its attractions include Eiben Forest near Dermbach, an unusual sandstone cave at Walldorf, the deepest lake in Germany formed by subsidence (near Bernshausen), and Krayenburg, the ruins of a castle.

The towns and main settlements along the Werra are Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Bad Salzungen, Tiefenort, Merkers-Kieselbach, Vacha, Heringen, Philippsthal, Gerstungen, Wanfried, Eschwege, Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Witzenhausen and Hannoversch Münden.