 It turns west, and flows through a series of small lakes, and along the town of Malchow, until the Plauer See.It flows out of the Plauer See at Plau am See, and continues west and southwest through Lübz, Parchim, Neustadt-Glewe, Grabow and Eldena, and flows into the Elbe at Dömitz.Near Eldena, the "Alte Elde" branches off and flows into the Löcknitz (another tributary of the Elbe) near Eldenburg, part of Lenzen (Elbe).