The Zorge is a tributary of the River Helme

Helme

Helme may refer to:* Helme a long river in central Germany*Helme Parish, a rural municipality in Valga County, Estonia**Helme, a small borough in Helme Parish**Helme Castle in Helme...

 in central Germany. It is about 40 km long and flows from the state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 into Thuringia

Thuringia

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. In many sources the name Zorge is translated as "wild river".

Course

The river starts in the village of the same name in the Harz Mountains at the confluence of the Wolfsbach and Sprakelsbach streams which meet in the middle of the upper part of the village at around 350 metres. It then flows in a southerly direction through Zorge

Zorge

Zorge is a municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The river of the same name starts in the village....

 and Ellrich

Ellrich

Ellrich is a town in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the southern edge of the Harz, 13 km northwest of Nordhausen....

 to Nordhausen

Nordhausen

Nordhausen is a town at the southern edge of the Harz Mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen...

. The Zorge discharges into the Helme northeast of Heringen.

The headstreams of the Zorge, like other streams such as the Wieda

Wieda (river)

The river Wieda in the German state of Lower Saxony has its source above the village of Wieda, flows through the village of Walkenried, the hamlet of Wiedigshof and the village of Gudersleben before discharging in the Harz river, the Zorge near Woffleben. Its channel regularly dries up in the...

 drain one of the rainiest regions of the Harz. The quantities of water it carries to the Helme are one of the reasons for the construction of the Kelbra Reservoir on the Helme.

Tributaries

• Wolfsbach (left headstream)
• Sparakelbach (right headstream)

• Steigerwasser (right)
• Elsbach (left)
• Dörenbach (right)
• Illigesbach (right)
• Rosenbach (left)
• Sülze (left)
• Wieda
  Wieda (river)
  The river Wieda in the German state of Lower Saxony has its source above the village of Wieda, flows through the village of Walkenried, the hamlet of Wiedigshof and the village of Gudersleben before discharging in the Harz river, the Zorge near Woffleben. Its channel regularly dries up in the...
  
  (right)
• Bere (left)
• Kappelbach (left)
• Orbach (left)
• Gumpebach (left)
• Roßmannsbach (left)
• Leimbach (left)
• Krummbach (left)

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