!!!Thaya, Fluss

Thaya (Dyje), River, Lower Austria, meandering western tributary of 
the  March, River, 285 km long. On Austrian territory, long 
stretches of the river present rather poor water quality (rating 2-3). 
At Hardegg, the medium flow rate is 10.8 m%%sup 3/%/sec. The 
Deutsche (Austrian, literally "German") Thaya has its source 
near the town of Schweiggers (alt. 633 m) and flows through the 
northern part of the Waldviertel Region, along the towns of Vitis 
(alt. 530 m), Waidhofen an der Thaya (510 m), Dobersberg 
(465 m), Karlstein an der Thaya (442 m) and Raabs an der Thaya 
(450 m). At Raabs, the Deutsche Thaya meets a second River Thaya 
coming in from the Czech Republic, called Maehrische 
("Moravian") Thaya/Moravske Dyje. The upper 
("Waldviertler") Thaya Valley is a deep, narrow valley lined 
by numerous castles, palaces and castle ruins. The River Thaya leaves 
Austrian territory near the town of Drosendorf-Stadt (alt. 423 m) 
and, except for some minor stretches at Hardegg (alt. 309 m) and 
Laa an der Thaya (alt. 183 m), flows through the Czech Republic. 
Upstream of Laa an der Thaya, the  Pulkau, River joins the River 
Thaya from a western direction. Near the towns of Vranov and Nove 
Mlynyacute (Czech Republic), the River Thaya is heavily dammed up and 
forms a large reservoir; north of Bernhardsthal (alt. 166 m), it 
again emerges on Austrian territory, forms the border between Austria 
and Slovakia and finally meets the River March at Hohenau an der March 
(alt. 155 m). Plans are underway for a joint national park 
between Austria and the Czech Republic. The area around the confluence 
of the River Thaya and the River March on the eastern Austrian 
national border forms part of the Ramsar National Park, together with 
the marshlands along the River March.

!Literature
Distelverein (ed.), Ramsar-Konzept fuer die 
March-Thaya-Auen, 1994.


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