!!!Salzach

Salzach, River, province of Salzburg, south-western tributary of the 
River  Inn and main river of the province of Salzburg, 220 km 
long; rises near Westlicher Salzachgeier mountain 
(alt. 2,469 m) bordering on Tirol; average rate of flow at 
Oberndorf bei Salzburg 242 m%%sup 3/%/sec. Good water quality (grades 
1 and 2) downstream of the city of Salzburg and at its confluence with 
the River Inn. The Upper Salzach Valley divides the Kitzbuehel Alps in 
the north from the Hohe Tauern Range in the south; in the southern 
part of the  Pinzgau Region is the  Hohe Tauern National Park. The 
region from Lend (alt. 663 m) up to the Lueg Pass (alt. 
552 m) is called the  Pongau Region; here the River Salzach turns 
to the north (at St. Veit im Pongau, (alt. 764 m). Between 
Werfen (alt. 548 m) and Golling an der Salzach (alt. 483 m) 
the River Salzach flows through the Salzburg Limestone Alps in the 
Salzach-Oefen gorge and separates the Hagengebirge Mountains west of 
the river from the Tennengebirge Mountains in the east (national 
parks). Bordering on the Pongau Region the  Tennengau Region, where 
the valley of the River Salzach widens again, extends from Lueg Pass 
to the Salzburg Basin. Shortly before reaching the city of Salzburg 
(alt. 425 m) and after the confluence with its tributary the  
Saalach the River Salzach forms the border between Bavaria and the 
province of Salzburg (and Upper Austria) and flows into the River Inn 
at Ueberackern (alt. 356 m). The most important tributaries of 
the River Salzach are in the Pinzgau Region (Hohe Tauern Range):  
Krimmler Ache river, Habach stream, Hollersbach stream, Felber Bach 
stream, Stubache river, Kapruner Ache river, Fuscher Ache river, 
Rauriser Ache river and Gasteiner Ache river. Smaller tributaries from 
the north are the Mallnitz stream and the discharge of the Lake  
Zeller See which flows into the River Salzach at Bruck an der 
Grossglocknerstrasse. In the Pongau Region and in the Tennengau Region 
the Grossarlbach stream (from the south), Wagrainer Bach stream, 
Fritzbach stream, river  Lammer and Almbach stream (from the east) and 
Muehlbach stream and Torrener Bach stream (from the west), etc. empty 
into the Salzach. The Salzach Valley north of Bischofshofen (alt. 
549 m) has been populated since the Roman Era and has always been 
an important traffic crossroads. Important towns and villages in the 
Salzach Valley: Neukirchen am Grossvenediger (alt. 941 m), 
Mittersill (alt. 790 m), Schwarzach, St. Johann im Pongau 
(alt. 615 m), Bischofshofen (alt. 544 m), Kuchl (alt. 
468 m) and Hallein (alt. 447 m).

!Literature
W. Dettelbacher, Salzburg, Salzkammergut, Oberoesterreich, 
1978.


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