The
catchment of the Hunte is relatively narrow (its maximum width is about ) and it extends from south to north mainly within the state of Lower Saxony but also to a small extent in
North Rhine-Westphalia (counties of
Minden-Lübbecke and
Herford) for a length of about . The highest point of the catchment area is the
Nonnenstein in the Wiehen Hills (), the lowest regions of the catchment lie within the marshes on the lower Hunte (partly below sea level). By far the largest part of the catchment lies on the North German Plain, so that the Hunte flows mainly through
bogs,
geest and
marshland. A small portion lies within the
Central Uplands. == See also ==