Else is a 12.9 km river in Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The Else rises about 800m north of Herscheid to an altitude of 414m above sea level.

As it flows to the east, the stream reaches the area of the Plettenberg-Hüinghausen airfield and passes the village of Hüinghausen on its southern edge.

[2] There is a height difference of 214m between the source and the mouth, which corresponds to a mean gradient of 16.6%.

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