# List of waterbodies in Saxony-Anhalt
## Waterbodies

Waterbody; Length in km; in Saxony-Anhalt flowing through; (confluence of ...); Remarks

### Elbe

Elbe; 1.091 km; rises in the Giant Mountains of the Czech Republic at a height of ca. 1,386 m, flows through or touches the Czech Republic, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Elbe tributaries and water bodies with their confluence in Saxony-Anhalt
* Aland
** Biese
** Milde
** Uchte
** Augraben
* Havel
** Königsgraben
* Tanger
* Ihle
* Ehle
* Ohre
** Schrote
*** Siegrenne
*** Sieggraben
*** Kreuzgrund
*** Faule Renne
*** Große Sülze
* Klinke
** Eulengraben
*** Großer Wiesengraben
**** Kleiner Wiesengraben
** Künette
* Sülze
* Nuthe (Elbe)
* Saale
** Bode
*** Selke
*** Holtemme
*** Kalte Bode
*** Hassel
**** Brummeckebach
***** Sellegraben
**** Murmelbach
**** Hagenbach
Sautal (left)
** Fuhne
*** Strengbach
*** Riede
** Wipper (Harz)
*** Mühlgraben
*** Eine
**** Wiebeck
**** Leine
**** Schwennecke
**** Mukarehne
**** Langetalbach
*** Rote Welle
*** Walbke, also known as the Ölgrundbach
*** Hadeborn
*** Alte Wipper, also known as the Regenbeck
*** Stockbach
*** Fuchsbach
*** Talbach
*** Hagenbach
*** Ochsenpfuhlbach
*** Dorfbach
*** Sengelbach
*** Brumbach
*** Hasselbach
*** Schmale Wipper
*** Horla
*** Wolfsberger Wipper
*** Schmale Else
** Schlenze
*** Fleischbach
*** Lobach
*** Rüsterbach
**** Grift
** Salza
*** Laweke
*** Würde
*** Querne
*** Weida
*** Böse Sieben
**** Glume
***** Wilder Graben
**** Wolferoder Bach
**** Saugrund
**** Pfaffengrund
**** Goldgrund
**** Kliebigsbach
**** Dippelsbach
**** Vietsbach/Goldbach
** Götsche
** White Elster
** Gerwische
** Reide
* Geisel
** Unstrut
*** Helme
**** Rohne
***** Westerbach
**** Gonna
***** Ungeheurer Graben
***** Botzemannsgraben
***** Heimbach
***** Riestedter Bach
**** Thyra
* Mulde
** Pelze
* Black Elster
Elbe tributaries and waterbodies with their confluence outside Saxony-Anhalt
* Jeetze
* Salzwedel Dumme
* Wustrower Dumme
* Parnitz

### Special rivers

* Ilse
(via Oker, Aller to the Weser)

## Canals

* Elster-Saale Canal: planned, largely constructed but never completed waterway between the Saale (south of Halle (Saale)) and Leipzig.
* Canal sections in Halle (Saale): planned, partially constructed but never completed canal sections near the Saale as part of the planned but never finished southern arm of the Mittelland Canal.

## Standing waterbodies

Waterbody; Waterbody system; Area in ha; location of the nearest significant settlement; Remarks
The standing waterbodies are sorted by type. Their boundaries are however, somewhat fluid.

### Reservoirs and forebays

* Kelbra Reservoir; Helme, Unstrut, Saale, Elbe; 600 ha; near Kelbra; bathing lake
* Rappbode Reservoir; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 395 ha; near Hasselfelde
* Wendefurth Reservoir; Bode, Hassel, Saale, Elbe; 78.0 ha; near Wendefurth
* Wippra Reservoir; Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 38.5 ha; near Wippra
* Königshütte Reservoir; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 32.0 ha; Königshütte near Wernigerode
* Hassel Forebay; Hassel, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 25.0 ha; near Hasselfelde
* Rappbode Forebay; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 24.3 ha; near Hasselfelde
* Zillierbach Reservoir; Zillierbach, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 23.0 ha; near Wernigerode
* Frankenteich; Rödelbachgraben, Selke (river), Bode, Saale, Elbe; 11.0 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
* Kiliansteich Reservoir; Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 17.3 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
* Upper Kiliansteich; Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 17.3 ha; near Straßberg in the Harz
* Teufelsteich; Teufelsgrundbach, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; 19.9 ha; near Harzgerode
* Birnbaumteich; Birnbaumbach; 4.5 ha; near Neudorf (Harz)
* Gondelteich; Uhlenbach; 4.2 ha; near Friedrichsbrunn
* Großer Siebersteinteich; Siebersteinbach; 4.2 ha; near Ballenstedt
* Bremer Teich; Bach vom Bremer Teich; 3.7 ha; near Gernrode
* Kunstteich Neudorf; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe, 4.2 ha; near Neudorf
* Kunstteich Ballenstedt; Garnwinde, Sauerbach; 3 ha; near Ballenstedt
* Fürstenteich; Teufelsbach; 2.5 ha; near Silberhütte
* Neuer Teich; Hagentalsbach; 2.4 ha; near Gernrode
* Kleiner Siebersteinteich; Siebersteinbach; 1.8 ha; near Ballenstedt
* Bergrat-Müller-Teich; Friedenstalbach; 1.3 ha; near Friedrichsbrunn
* Erichsburger Teich; Friedenstalbach; 1.1 ha; near Harzgerode

### Open cast mine lakes

* Goitzsche; near the Mulde, Elbe; 2500 ha; southeast of Bitterfeld
* Geiseltalsee; Saale, Elbe; 1842 to 1900 ha; south of Halle (Saale); former brown coal open cast mine to 2011 flooded, Original smaller lakes merged: August 2008
* Muldestausee; Mulde, Elbe; 605 ha; east of Bitterfeld
* Concordiasee; flooded until 2015. 600 ha; between Nachterstedt and Schadeleben; bank collapse of 2 million cubic metres on 19 Juli 2009. 3 dead
* Raßnitzer See; White Elster, Saale, Elbe; 310 ha; east of Merseburg; former brown coal open cast mine flooded until 2000,
* Wallendorfer See; White Elster, Saale, Elbe; 338 ha; east of Merseburg; former brown coal open cast mine flooded until 2000
* Gremminer See; Elbe; 543 ha; west of Gräfenhainichen; former brown coal open cast mine (still flooded) Golpa-Nord, Ferropolis museum and event location
* Gröberner See; Elbe; 366 ha; east of Gräfenhainichen; former brown coal open cast mine (still flooded) Gröbern
* Barleber See; Elbe; 105 ha; near Magdeburg and Barleben; bathing lake
* Paupitzscher See; Mulde, Elbe; 100 ha; between Bitterfeld and Delitzsch; largest part in Saxony
* Hufeisensee; ca. 70 ha; former brown coal open cast mine and gravel pit in the borough of Halle (Saale)
* Neustädter See; Elbe; 60 ha; near Magdeburg
* Posthornteiche; 2 Teiche; 20 ha and 5 ha; former Braunkohlentiefbau, near Halle (Saale)
* Heidesee; 12.5 ha; former brown coal open cast mine, near Halle (Saale)
* Rattmannsdorfer See; 76 ha; former gravel pit, near Halle (Saale)
* Hohenweidener See; 13 ha; former gravel pit, near Halle (Saale)
* Osendorfer See; 22 ha; former brown coal open cast mine in Halle (Saale)
* Angersdorfer Teiche; 2 Teiche 6 ha and 3 ha; former clay pit, near Halle (Saale)
* Runstedter See; 23 ha former brown coal open cast mine near Braunsbedra
* Bergwitzsee; Elbe; 180 ha; south of Wittenberg near Bergwitz; former brown coal open cast mine, bathing lake
* Adria Gravel Pit; Mulde, Elbe; 12 ha; near Dessau; former gravel pit for motorway construction, bathing lake
* Gerwisch Gravel Lake
* Salbker See 1 and 2 in Magdeburg Southeast (remains of former gravel pits originally several hectares in area )
* Mondsee; ca. 38 ha; near Hohenmölsen; flooded 1989 to 1991

### Water management storage

* Wettelrode Storage Reservoir; Erlbach; 4 ha; west of Wettelrode
* Schmon Storage Reservoir; Schmoner Bach; 2.2 ha; west of Schmon

### Retention basins
#### Partially impounded retention basins

* Kalte Bode flood retention basin; Bode, Saale, Elbe; 58.9 ha; near Königshütte in the Harz

#### Normally non-impounded retention basins

* Stöbnitz Retention Basin; Saale, Elbe; 21.5 ha; northeast of Öchlitz in Merseburg-Querfurt
* Schrote Retention Basin; Elbe; 10.0 ha; west of Magdeburg
* Gleinaer Grund Retention Basin; Geisel; 6.3 ha; southwest of Mücheln

### Natural lakes and bogs

* Arendsee; Elbe; 514 ha; near Arendsee (Altmark); bathing lake
* Süßer See; Saale, Elbe, Böse Sieben, Salza; 247 ha; Seeburg
* Schönitzer See; Elbe; 145 ha; near Riesigk; Altarm der Elbe
* Bindersee; Saale, Elbe; 25 ha; east of Seeburg
* Kernersee; Saale, Elbe; 17 ha; east of Seeburg
* Schönfeld-Kamerner See; Elbe; ?? ha; near Schönfeld, Saxony-Anhalt and Kamern in the Landkreis Stendal
* Lake Niegripp; Elbe; ?? ha; near Niegripp in the Landkreis Jerichower Land
* Salziger See ; Salza; Weida; trockengelegt, near Röblingen am See

### Ponds and others

* Gotthardteich; Geisel; 6.8 ha; near Merseburg
* Grenzteich; schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 70 are; near Neudorf
* Lausiger Teiche; Elbe; ?? ha; near Bad Schmiedeberg
* Maliniusteich; Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; near Straßberg in the Harz
* Mensingteich; Hagenbach; 1.1 ha; near Gernrode
* Möllerteich, Graben vom Möllerteich, Büschengraben, Rödelbachgraben, Selke, Bode, Saale, Elbe; between Straßberg and Breitenstein in the Harz
* Mühlenteich; Selke; 7.1 ha; near Güntersberge
* Neudorfer Gemeindeteich; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 50 a; in Neudorf
* Neudorfer kleiner Teich 1; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 3 a; near Neudorf
* Neudorfer kleiner Teich 2; unnamed, tributary of the schmalen Wipper, schmale Wipper, Wipper, Saale, Elbe; 22 a; near Neudorf

## Canals and ditches

* Elbe-Havel Canal
* Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter
* Mittelland Canal
* Niegripper Link Canal
* Pareyer Link Canal
* Rothenseer Link Canal
* Schindelbrücher Kunstgraben
* Siebengründer Graben