This highly meandering fast flowing river stretch parallels the water ways Obere-Havel Wasserstrasse and Havel-Oder Wasserstrasse; nowadays it is additionally highly influenced by beaver dams.
- Site name: Upstream Malz
- Typology: Mid-sized lowland river
- Altitude: 41 m
- Catchment area: 1,753 km2
- Pressures before the restoration:
- water abstraction
- minimum fow release
- diffuse nutrient input
- fragmentation by weirs
- Restoration measures conducted:
- none