Southern Taurach
Southern Taurach | ||
Southern Taurach between the Twenger Talpass and the Radstädter Tauernpass |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Entry on the Taurach Valley in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.