Metnitz (river)

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Metnitz
Metnitz at intermediate waters

Metnitz at intermediate waters

Data
location Sankt Veit an der Glan district , Carinthia , Austria
River system Danube
Drain over Gurk  → Drau  → Danube  → Black Sea
source on the Priewaldalm
46 ° 56 ′ 30 ″  N , 14 ° 3 ′ 11 ″  E
Source height 1230  m above sea level A.
muzzle in the case of intermediate waters in the Gurk coordinates: 46 ° 53 ′ 27 "  N , 14 ° 26 ′ 21"  E 46 ° 53 ′ 27 "  N , 14 ° 26 ′ 21"  E
Mouth height 580  m above sea level A.
Height difference 650 m
Bottom slope approx. 15 ‰
length approx. 43 km
Catchment area 471.1 km²
Discharge at the Hirt
A Eo gauge: 469.4 km²
Location: 1.37 km above the mouth 		NNQ (25.01.2000)
MNQ 1961–2011
MQ 1961–2011
Mq 1961–2011
 MHQ 1961–2011
HHQ (02.08.1965) 		290 l / s
2.05 m³ / s
5.34 m³ / s
11.4 l / (s km²)
 33.7 m³ / s
88 m³ / s
Left tributaries Olsa
Small towns Friesach
Communities Metnitz, Friesach, Micheldorf, Strasbourg

The Metnitz is a left tributary of the Gurk in the Gurktal Alps in Carinthia . The name comes from the Slavic , means "cloudy stream" and refers to the suspended matter that the Vellachbach brings in the village of Metnitz .

The Metnitz rises at an altitude of 1230 m on the Priewaldalm east of the Flattnitz (Gurktal Alps). It flows through the relatively narrow Metnitz Valley, named after it, in a west-east direction . Above Friesach the valley floor becomes very wide, from here on it is also called the Friesacher Feld . Below Friesach, the Metnitz picks up the Olsa . After a valley narrowing at Hirt, the river flows into the Gurk at intermediate waters (580 m). In its course it flows through the municipalities of Metnitz, Friesach , Micheldorf and Strasbourg .

The Metnitz has a catchment area of ​​470 km² and an average water flow of 5.3 m³ / s. The river is characterized by a pluvial discharge regime with a maximum in summer and a secondary maximum in autumn. Over long distances, the Metnitz can be described as natural to near-natural. The water quality corresponds to quality class I-II (not or slightly contaminated).

Only brown trout and poppy trout can be found in the upper reaches . Grayling and rainbow trout are added in the lower reaches .

Web links

Commons : Metnitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KAGIS - Carinthia Atlas
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Area directory of the Austrian river basins: Draugebiet. Contributions to the hydrography of Austria, issue No. 59, Vienna 2011, p. 75 ( PDF; 3.5 MB ).
  3. ↑ Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ed.): Hydrographisches Jahrbuch von Österreich 2011. 119th Volume. Vienna 2013, p. OG 347, PDF (12.9 MB) on bmlrt.gv.at (yearbook 2011)
  4. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Leitner: Report of the individual custodians. Department for regional history, medieval and modern numismatics . On the history of the city of Friesach. In: Kärntner Landesmuseum (Ed.): Rudolfinum. Yearbook of the State Museum for Carinthia . 2003, p. 203 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed on November 6, 2016] research project).