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Bregenzer Ach

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Bregenzer Ach
File:Mündungsdelta der Bregenzer Ache.jpg
Mouth of the river on Upper Lake Constance
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Location
CountryAustria
StateVorarlberg
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMohnenfluh in the Bregenz Forest Mountains near Schröcken
 • elevation2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Lake Constance at Hard
 • coordinates
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 • elevation
395 m (1,296 ft)
Length67.0 km (41.6 mi)[1]
Basin size832 km2 (321 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionLake ConstanceRhineNorth Sea
Tributaries 
 • rightWeißach, Subersach

The Bregenzer Ach (also: Bregenzer Ache) is the main river of the Bregenz Forest (Bregenzerwald) in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is a tributary to Lake Constance and the River Rhine, respectively.

File:Tussen Mellau en Bezau, waarschijnlijk de Bregerenzer Ache foto2 2009-06-03 14.55.JPG
Bregenzer Ache between Mellau and Bezau
File:Hard Rhein BregenzerAche.JPG
Bregenzer Ache (right) enters Lake Constance east of the Alpine Rhine in Hard

Geography

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The source of the river is above the town of Schröcken, at an altitude of about 2,400 m (7,900 ft).[2] The river is 67 km (42 mi) long and drains almost the entire area of the Bregenz Forest. Its mouth on Upper Lake Constance (Obersee) is near Bregenz and lies east of the outflows of the rivers Dornbirner Ach and Alpine Rhine. The outflow of Lake Constance is the High Rhine.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
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