Northern Taurach
Northern Taurach (Nördliche Taurach) | |
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Location | |
Country | Austria |
State | Salzburg |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Origin: Confluence of the Grünwald Taurach and Hundsfeld Taurach in Obertauern |
• coordinates | 47°15′04″N 13°32′44″E / 47.251217°N 13.545538°E |
Mouth | |
• location | Near Radstadt into the Enns |
• coordinates | 47°23′07″N 13°29′38″E / 47.385192°N 13.494006°E |
Length | 20 km (12 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Enns→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Northern Taurach (German: Nördliche Taurach), also called the Pongau Taurach (German: Pongauer Taurach), is a river of the state Salzburg in Austria.
The Northern Taurach is a right-hand tributary of the Enns near Radstadt. It is one of the two rivers named Taurach, both of which rise near the Radstädter Tauern Pass, but drain in opposite directions – the other is called Southern Taurach . The two valleys, which descend from the Tauern Pass, are also both called Taurach Valley (Taurachtal ). Together they link the Enns valley to the Mur valley in north-south direction.
The Northern Taurach is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and thus considerably shorter than the Southern Taurach, but has a greater height difference from source to mouth of over 900 metres (3,000 ft).
External links
- the Taurach Valley in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)