Southern Taurach

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Southern Taurach
Southern Taurach between the Twenger Talpass and the Radstädter Tauernpass

Southern Taurach between the Twenger Talpass and the Radstädter Tauernpass

Data
location Salzburg , Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Mur  → Drava  → Danube  → Black Sea
source near Obertauern on the Radstädter Tauernpass
47 ° 15 ′ 5 ″  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height approx.  1820  m above sea level A.
muzzle at Tamsweg coordinates: 47 ° 7 ′ 34 "  N , 13 ° 48 ′ 5"  E 47 ° 7 ′ 34 "  N , 13 ° 48 ′ 5"  E
Mouth height 1008  m above sea level A.
Height difference approx. 812 m
Bottom slope approx. 20 ‰
length 40 km
Catchment area 380.53 km²
Communities Tweng , Mauterndorf , Mariapfarr , Sankt Andrä im Lungau , Tamsweg
Residents in the catchment area approx. 7000 (2017)

The southern Taurach (also Lungau Taurach ) is a left tributary of the Mur and flows across the Lungau . It is one of the two rivers called Taurach , both of which have their source near the Radstadt Tauern Pass , but drain in opposite directions. The two valleys that run down from the Tauern Pass are also both called Taurach Valley . Together they connect the Ennstal with the Murtal in a north-south direction.

The southern Taurach rises near Obertauern on the (Radstädter) Tauernpass , and flows through the Twenger Talpass . In the case of separation , it enters the outer Taurach valley and takes on the Latschfeldbach from the right . Then it runs south via Tweng to Mauterndorf , where it enters the Tamsweg basin , which it now crosses eastwards. It takes the Lonka (also Longa) from the Weißpriach valley to the left at Mariapfarr , the Lignitz (Lignitzbach) at Lintsching , the Göriachbach at St. Andrä and the Lessachbach between Haslach (St. Andrä) and Wölting . At Tamsweg it finally flows into the Mur. The southern Taurach is about 40 km long.

It is also the namesake of the Taurach Railway Museum Railway , which accompanies the river over the last few kilometers.

Web links

Commons : Südliche Taurach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMLFUW (ed.) : List of areas of the Austrian river basins: Mur area. In: Contributions to Austria's Hydrography Issue No. 60, Vienna 2011, p. 7. PDF download , accessed on July 7, 2018.