Wertach (river)
| Wertach | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Northern Limestone Alps |
| • elevation | 1,078 m (3,537 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lech |
| Length | 151 km (94 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,290 km2 (500 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 32 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) |
The Wertach is a river in Bavaria, southern Germany, left tributary of the Lech. Its total length is 151 km. The Wertach originates in the Northern Limestone Alps, in Bad Hindelang, east of Sonthofen (Oberallgäu district). It flows north along the towns Wertach, Nesselwang, Marktoberdorf, Kaufbeuren, Schwabmünchen and Bobingen. The Wertach flows into the Lech (itself a tributary of the Danube) in Augsburg.
Sources
- Nowotny, Peter (2001). An den Ufern der Wertach. Immenstadt 2001, ISBN 3-920269-16-0.
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