page_title: Eder
section_title: Course
hierarchical_section_title: Eder / Course
caption_attribution_description: English: River profile of the Eder
context_page_description: The Eder is a 177-kilometre-long major river in Germany that begins in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia and passes in to Hesse, where it confluences with the River Fulda.
context_section_description: The river rises from the Ederkopf mountain in the Rothaar mountain range in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, near the springs of the Lahn and Sieg rivers. However, unlike the Lahn and Sieg, which are both tributaries of the Rhine, the Eder flows east and north, into the river Fulda at Edermünde, south of Kassel. The Fulda then confluences with the Werra River at Hann. Münden to form the Weser River, which flows in to the North Sea.
caption: River profile of the Eder
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