LIPPE

lippe, a river of germany, a right-bank tributary of the rhine. it rises near lippspringe under the western declivity of the teutoburger wald, and, after being joined by the alme, the pader and the ahse on the left, and by the stever on the right, flows into the rhine near wesel, after a course of 154 m. it is navigable downwards from lippstadt, for boats and barges, by the aid of twelve locks, drawing less than 4 ft. of water. the river is important for the transport facilities it affords to the rich agricultural districts of westphalia.