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The Eder is a river in Germany (ca. 180 km long). It is a tributary of the Fulda River which at its confluence with the Werra river creates the Weser river which flows into the North Sea north of Bremen. A dam (47 m high, 400 m long) completed in 1914 near the small town of Waldeck created the large reservoir Edersee, which is 27 km long, and used to generate hydro-electricity and to regulate water levels for shipping on the Weser river. The dam was destroyed in 1943 by British Avro Lancaster bombers of No. 617 Squadron RAF equipped with special Barnes Wallis bouncing bombs for the attack, causing enormous destruction and loss of life downstream. The dam was rebuilt, and the lake today is a major summertime recreation facility, particularly popular with Dutch summertime campers. German rivers
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