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Drainage basins of Austria: Rhine Danube Elbe. This is a list of rivers (or tributaries thereof) at least partially located in Austria. Nearly all of Austria is drained by the Danube into the Black Sea; the rest flow into the North Sea. Rivers are listed twice, first by basin, then alphabetically.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Austria" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of ...
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
Detailed map of Austria Satellite photo of the Alps. Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (62%) is occupied by the relatively young mountains of the Alps, but in the east, these give way to a part of the Pannonian plain, and north of the river Danube lies the Bohemian Forest, an older, but lower, granite mountain range.
Since ancient times, the Danube has been a traditional trade route in Europe. Today, 2,415 km (1,501 mi) of its total length are navigable. The Danube is linked to the North Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, connecting the Danube at Kelheim with the Main at Bamberg. The river is also an important source of hydropower and drinking water.
The Alpine Rhine begins in the centre of the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden), and later forms the border between Switzerland to the west and Liechtenstein to the east, and later between Switzerland and Austria. The river is formed near Tamins-Reichenau by the confluence of the rivers Anterior Rhine (Vorderrhein) and the Posterior Rhine ...
It is the longest river solely in Austria. The Enns is a typical wild water river and draws its water from an area of 6,084 km 2 (2,349 sq mi), [10] which makes it the fifth-largest in Austria. Its average discharge at the mouth is 200 m 3 /s (7,100 cu ft/s). [11]
The Thaya (Czech: Dyje, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic and through Lower Austria in Austria. It is formed by the confluence of the German Thaya and Moravian Thaya rivers. Together with the German Thaya, which is its main ...