ELBE

large river, Germany (53° 53’ N., 9° 10’ E.), rises on Bohemian side of in Bohemia; N. W. and W., pa ing through the magnificent scenery of the ‘Saxon Switzerland’; through Pru ia N. W., sometimes N. E.; 8 m. above Hamburg divides into several streams (which reunite at Blankenese), and enters North Sea at Cuxhaven. Chief towns: Dresden, Hamburg, Magdeburg. Elbe is navigable as far as Melnik (junction of Moldau, Bohemia); total length, 725 m., of which over 500 are navigable; connected with Baltic, Trave, Havel and Oder by canals.