Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains
Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains | |
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Highest peak | Spadenberg ( 1000 m above sea level ) |
location | Upper Austria |
part of | Upper Austrian Pre-Alps (AVE) |
Classification according to | Upper Austria spatial planning |
Coordinates | 47 ° 57 ' N , 14 ° 32' E |
Type | Promontory |
rock | Flysche |
surface | 230 km² |
The Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains are a mountain group of the northern Alps in Upper Austria and are located in the Eisenwurzen region . They form one of 41 Upper Austrian spatial units .
location
The spatial unit comprises three spatially isolated sub-areas that are separated by the Enns and Steyr rivers and are located in the Kirchdorf and Steyr-Land districts.
The area of the Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains is around 230 km². The deepest area is around 330 m above sea level. A. at Steyr . The highest point in the area is the Spadenberg at 1000 m above sea level. A. , on the border with Lower Austria .
The following municipal areas are mostly in the Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains (starting in the north): Sankt Ulrich bei Steyr , Garsten , Aschach an der Steyr , Waldneukirchen , Reichraming and Maria Neustift .
The room unit is surrounded by the following Upper Austria room units (clockwise, starting in the north): Lower Enns and Steyrtal , Traun-Enns-Riedelland , Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flyschberge and Enns and Steyrtal pre-Alps . The spatial units Steyr and Teichltal as well as Ennstal divide this spatial unit into the three sub-areas.
Characteristic
- Flysch mountainous country with rounded peaks between 400 and 1000 m above sea level. Partly steep slopes and deeply cut V-valleys.
- Natural forest remains on steeper slopes ( beech - fir and ash - sycamore forests ), but spruce dominates . Especially the ridges and northern slopes are often wooded.
- North-south running river valleys of the Enns and Steyr with a dense network of streams and near-natural upper courses. The larger streams and rivers are often regulated. The stream valleys and ditches are either gallery forest-like or extensively forested, thus strongly structuring the landscape.
- Small-scale agriculture with a high proportion of extensively managed grassland, with arable farming only being found locally in lower elevations. Abandonment of meadows and pastures in steep slopes, associated with the impoverishment of near-natural cultural landscape elements.
- Richly structured (many small orchards , bushes, hedges , small forests and rows of trees). Many significant remains of species-rich poor and fat meadows in the entire area in steep and hilltop locations.
- Vernässungspotential high proportion of wetlands and Quellvernässungen due Drainagierungen low.
- Rainfall-rich (foothills of the northern dam ) local recreation area.
- Increasing settlement and urban sprawl in the valleys in the middle and lower reaches. Mostly there are small, isolated square courtyards .
literature
- Office of the Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Nature Conservation Department (Ed.): Nature and Landscape / Guiding Principles for Upper Austria. Volume 29: Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains spatial unit . Linz 2007 ( pdf [accessed February 17, 2017]).
Web links
- Map of the Enns and Steyrtal Flysch Mountains spatial unit. In: DORIS . Retrieved December 1, 2014 .
- Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains. In: Nature and Landscape in Upper Austria. Retrieved December 1, 2014 .