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the Ecker is a border river, today running between the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. Prior to
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The Ecker rises around 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of the
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Along a steep, rocky bed, the Ecker initially flows to the
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