!!!Lieser

Lieser, River, Carinthia, northern tributary of the River Drau/Drava 
in upper Carinthia, 45 km long, generally very good water 
quality. Rises near Kleines Sonnblick (mountain peak, alt. 
2,992 m) at the Salzburg border, near Gmuend (alt. 741 m) it 
joins the River Malta from the north-west and joins the Drau river 
south of Spittal an der Drau (alt. 560 m); average rate of flow 
of 24.3 m%%sup 3/%/sec. The uppermost section is called Poellatal 
valley, from Rennweg (alt. 1,153 m) to Gmuend  Katschtal Valley, 
from the latter onward it is called Lieser valley. Grain is cultivated 
up to an altitude of 1,500 m. The valley is crossed by the 
Tauernautobahn A 10 from Altenmarkt to Spittal an der Drau 
(partly along an old Roman road).


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