Ise (river)
The Ise is a long, almost natural river of East Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It crosses the district of Gifhorn from north to south and discharges into the Aller at Gifhorn itself. Course The source of the Ise lies at a height of above sea level and its mouth at . Its slope of 0.05% is very gentle. The waters of the Ise flow via the Aller and Weser into the North Sea. The Ise is formed west of Neuekrug in Saxony-Anhalt, immediately on the old Inner German border with Lower Saxony, by the confluence of several small streams. In this Lower Saxony border region the river often runs dry in summer, but below the point where it is joined by the Rade ditch (Graben) its water flow is more consistent. From there the Ise flows by the villages of (a district of Wittingen), (a district of Wittingen), (a district of Obernholz), Hankensbüttel, Alt Isenhagen (a district of Hankensbüttel), (a district of Wittingen), Schönewörde, Wahrenholz, Wagenhoff, Neudorf-Platendorf, (a district of Gifhorn) and (a district of Gifhorn) to Gifhorn. The river's only water level gauge () is located near Neudorf-Platendorf, from its mouth. Just before Gifhorn the Ise feeds the