!!!Pulkau, Fluss

Pulkau, river in Lower Austria, a western tributary of the Thaya 
river, poor water quality, median volume of discharge 
0.3 m%%sup 3/%/sec. (Zwingendorf). The Pulkau rises in the 
Waldviertel region north of Horn (311 m) in Lower Austria, 
crosses into the Weinviertel region near the municipality of Pulkau. 
(289 m), flowing in an easterly direction past Buchberg mountain 
(417 m), and joins the Thaya river near the town of Laa 
an der Thaya (183 m). Numerous crops are grown in the Pulkau 
Valley (rape seed, sugar beet, barley and grain), with vineyards on 
the southern slopes around Pulkau, Leodagger and Mailberg (somewhat 
south of the Pulkau valley, 217 m), where primarily the Gruener 
Veltliner grape is cultivated, and Haugsdorf (204 m), known for 
its Blauer Portugieser (a red wine).


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