{{short description|River in Germany}} {{about|the tributary of the Wümme in north Germany|the border river of the same name in Denmark|Vidå|the Bugsier Line coaster|SS Wiedau}} {{infobox river<!-- de:Template:Infobox Fluss --> | name = Wiedau | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = WiedauRotenburg.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Wiedau in Rotenburg | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Lower Saxony | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | length = {{cvt|14.2|km}} (including the river Mehlandsbach: {{cvt|27.4|km}}){{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}} | width_avg = | depth_avg = | source1_location = confluence of the Hahnenbach and Mehlandsbach near Bellen (a district of Brockel) | source1_coordinates = {{Coord|53.06389|9.5725|type:river_region:DE-NI|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | source1_elevation = 33 m | mouth_location = near Rotenburg into the Wümme | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|53.10723|9.39024|type:river_region:DE-NI|format=dms|display=inline}} | mouth_elevation = 18 m | basin_population = | basin_landmarks = {{ubl|Small towns: Rotenburg|Villages: Bothel, Hemsbünde}} | progression = {{RWümme}} | basin_size = {{convert|307|km2|abbr=on}}{{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}} | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = ca. {{cvt|3.0|m3/s}}; before it joins the Rodau: {{cvt|1.6|m3/s}} | discharge1_max = | tributaries_right = | tributaries_left = | waterbodies = | ports = | bridges = | custom_label = References | custom_data = | extra = }} '''Wiedau''' is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left-hand tributary of the Wümme.
The Wiedau begins near Bellen (a district of Brockel) in the vicinity of Hemslingen in the district of at the confluence of the Hahnenbach and the Mehlandsbach. In the area the ''Samtgemeinde'' Bothel, it flows through a densely wooded and near natural depression. It discharges into the Wümme in Rotenburg shortly after being joined by the only slightly smaller Rodau.
== Water sport == The Wiedau is popular with anglers and canoeists. At high water, the Wiedau can be navigated from the road bridge in Bellen near Hemslingen to its mouth on the Wümme by small kayaks, a distance of {{cvt|23|km}}.
== See also == *List of rivers of Lower Saxony
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Rivers of Lower Saxony Category:Lüneburg Heath Category:Rotenburg (district) Category:Rivers of Germany