!!!Wulka

Wulka, Burgenland, western inlet of  Lake Neusiedl, rises in 
Forchtenstein (alt. 343 m) in the Rosaliengebirge mountains; the 
mean rate of flow amounts to 1.2 m%%sup 3/%/sec, bad water 
quality (quality class II-III). The Wulka valley and the Wulka plain 
stretch between the Zillingdorf plain and the Leithagebirge mountains 
in the north, the Rosaliengebirge Mountains in the west and the 
mountain range of Rust in the east. The Wulka valley is separated from 
the area of the River Leitha by the  Wiener Neustaedter Pforte Gap. In 
the Wulka valley, which is influenced by a mild climate and has some 
loess soil, mainly fruit (Forchtenstein), cereals, maize, rape and 
sugarbeets are grown. Wine growing is prevalent in the areas around 
Mattersburg (alt. 258 m) and Poettelsdorf (alt. 216 m). Pig 
and turkey breeding are the area´s dominant forms of animal 
husbandry. Inlets of the River Wulka include the Marzer Bach stream 
(from the southwest), Sulzbach stream (northwest), Nodbach stream 
(southwest) and Eisbach (west). Up to the 1950s, sub-bituminous coal 
was excavated in the area of Neufeld an der Leitha (alt. 230 m) 
and Poetsching (alt. 218 m). Further municipalities include 
Wulkaprodersdorf (alt 171 m), Trausdorf an der Wulka (alt. 
151 m) and Schuetzen am Gebirge (alt. 130 m).


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