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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 79 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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river of See also:Prussia, See also:Germany, having its origin in See also:Lake Dambeck (223 ft.) on the See also:Mecklenburg See also:plateau, a few See also:miles See also:north-See also:west of Neu-See also:Strelitz, and after threading several lakes flowing See also:south as far as See also:Spandau. Thence it curves south-west, past See also:Potsdam and See also:Brandenburg, traversing another See also:chain of lakes, and finally continues north-west until it joins the See also:Elbe from the right some miles above See also:Wittenberge after a See also:total course of 221 M. and a total fall of only 158 ft. Its See also:banks are mostly marshy or sandy, and the stream is navigable from the Mecklenburg lakes downwards. Several canals connect it with these lakes, as well as with other See also:rivers e.g. the Finow See also:canal with the See also:Oder, the See also:Ruppin canal with the Rhin, the See also:Berlin-Spandau navigable canal (JZ m.) with the See also:Spree, and the Plaue-Ihle canal with the Elbe. The Sakrow-Paretz canal, 11 m. See also:long, cuts off the deep See also:bend at Potsdam. The most notable of the tributaries is the Spree (227*m. long), which bisects Berlin and joins the Havel at Spandau. See also:Area of river See also:basin, 10,159 sq. }n.

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