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 Sautal (left)
 * 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
 * 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
(via Oker, Aller to the Weser)
 * Ilse

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

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

Open cast mine lakes

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

Water management storage

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

Partially impounded retention basins

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

Normally non-impounded retention basins

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

Natural lakes and bogs

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

Ponds and others

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

Canals and ditches

 * 1) Elbe-Havel Canal
 * 2) Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter
 * 3) Mittelland Canal
 * 4) Niegripper Link Canal
 * 5) Pareyer Link Canal
 * 6) Rothenseer Link Canal
 * 7) Schindelbrücher Kunstgraben
 * 8) Siebengründer Graben