Zorge (river)
{{short description|River in Germany}}
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| image_caption = The Zorge in Nordhausen
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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Zorge
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| subdivision_name2 = Lower Saxony and Thuringia
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| source1_location = Start: confluence of the Wolfsbach and Sprakelbach in Zorge
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| mouth_location = northeast of Heringen into the Helme
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The Zorge is a tributary of the Helme in central Germany. It is about {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} long and flows from the state of Lower Saxony into Thuringia. In many sources the name Zorge is translated as "wild river".
Course
The river starts in the village of the same name in the Harz Mountains at the confluence of the Wolfsbach and Sprakelsbach streams[http://www.harzlife.de/info/zorge.html Die Zorge] at www.harzlife.de. Accessed on 5 Dec 2010. which meet in the middle of the upper part of the village at around {{Höhe|350|DE-NN|link=true}}. It then flows in a southerly direction through Zorge and Ellrich to Nordhausen. The Zorge discharges into the Helme northeast of Heringen.
The headstreams of the Zorge, like other streams such as the Wieda, drain one of the rainiest regions of the Harz. The quantities of water it carries to the Helme are one of the reasons for the construction of the Kelbra Reservoir on the Helme.
Tributaries
- Wolfsbach (left headstream)
- Sparakelbach (right headstream)
- Steigerwasser (right)
- Elsbach (left)
- Dörenbach (right)
- Illigesbach (right)
- Rosenbach (left)
- Sülze (left)
- Wieda (right)
- Bere (left)
- Kappelbach (left)
- Orbach (left)
- Gumpebach (left)
- Roßmannsbach (left)
- Leimbach (left)
- Krummbach (left)
See also
References
{{Commons category|Zorge (river)|Zorge}}
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Category:Rivers of Lower Saxony