Editing Thuringian Forest (section)

==== Rivers and lakes ====
[[File:Ohra-Talsperre Dam from south.jpg|thumb|The [[Ohra Dam]]]]
The northeastern flank of the mountains is drained by right tributaries of the [[Apfelstädt (river)|Apfelstädt]], especially the [[Schmalwasser (Apfelstädt)|Schmalwasser]], and left tributaries of the [[Ohra]], notably the Kernwasser, via the (Apfelstädt,) [[Gera (river)|Gera]] and [[Unstrut]] into the [[Saale]]. The Apfelstädt is impounded by the Tambach-Dietharz Dam into a small lake and the Schmalwasser and Ohra by the [[Schmalwasser Dam|Schmalwasser]] and [[Ohra Dam]]s into larger reservoirs.

The south is drained by the Asbach which flows via the [[Stille (river)|Stille]] into the [[Schmalkalde]] and by rivers and streams belonging to the fan-like system of tributaries of [[Hasel (Werra)]], in particular the [[Schwarza (Hasel)|Schwarza]],<ref>The Schwarza is called the ''Haselbach'' in its upper reaches and the ''Schönau'' in its middle course</ref> ''Häselbach'',<ref>The Häselbach is, especially in its source region, also called the ''Dürre Hasel''</ref> [[Lichtenau (river)|Lichtenau]] and a stream from Albrechts, feeding into the [[Werra]].