The Ise is a 43 km 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.
Boats for hire on the Ise by the B 188 by Jägerhof just before its confluence with the Aller near Gifhorn
The Ise near Gifhorn, seen from a boat
Water mill on the Ise at Wahrenholz
The Ise near Neudorf-Platendorf
Örtze is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Örtze rises north of Munster in the Große Heide and, after 62 kilometres, joins the Aller southeast of Winsen.
The Örtze near Hermannsburg
Örtze Park in Hermannsburg, in spring the Örtze regularly overspills its banks
Örtze Park in Hermannsburg at normal water levels