Melach | |
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Location | |
Country | Austria |
State | Tyrol |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | at the foot of the Lisenser Fernerkogel |
Mouth | |
• location | Inn |
• coordinates | 47°16′00″N11°15′43″E / 47.2666°N 11.2619°E Coordinates: 47°16′00″N11°15′43″E / 47.2666°N 11.2619°E |
Length | 23.4 km (14.5 mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Inn→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Melach is a river of Tyrol, Austria, in the western part of the Innsbruck-Land District, a tributary of the Inn.
The Melach has a length of 23.4 km (14.5 mi). It is formed by the confluence of several smaller streams at the foot of the Lisenser Fernerkogel. It passes through the villages Gries and Sellrain and discharges between Unterperfuss and Kematen from the right into the Inn.
Tyrol is a state (Land) in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino. The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck.
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is 518 kilometres (322 mi) long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres (13,284 ft). The Engadine, the valley of the En, is the only Swiss valley whose waters end up in the Black Sea.
The Sill is a 43-kilometre-long (27 mi) river in Tyrol, Austria. It is one of the larger tributaries of the Inn in Tyrol. It flows north through the Wipptal to Innsbruck. Its source lies east of the Brenner Pass. At the Sillzwickel - the name of the point where it meets the Inn at Innsbruck - there is a recreation area with cycling trails.
Schwaz is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.
Erl is a municipality of 1,400 inhabitants in the Kufstein district in western Austria. It lies 15 km north of the administrative town of Kufstein in the northern part of the Tyrol, at the border with Bavaria, Germany.
Kiefersfelden is a municipality with about 7000 inhabitants located in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany on the border with Tyrol, Austria.
Ebbs is a municipality in the Kufstein district, Tyrol (Austria). The village is located in the Judicial district of Kufstein and in 2016 had a population of 5,480.
Kramsach is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 27 km southwest of Kufstein and 16.5 km west of Wörgl, at the northern side of the Inn River. Its main sources of income are the marble, timber and glass industries, as well as summer tourism. Kramsach is also known as the "Lake village of Tyrol" because there are six lakes nearby.
Pettnau is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 16.7 km west of Innsbruck north of the Inn River between Telfs and Zirl. It has seven parts and was founded around 1291.
Unterperfuss is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 15 km west of Innsbruck and is one of the smallest villages of Tyrol. The area is restricted in the north by the Inn River and in the east by the Melach River. Unterperfuss has many facilities for horse-riding.
Sellrain is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 14.40 km southwest of Innsbruck in the Sellrain Valley. The Melach River and its tributary the Fotscherbach flow through it. Most people in the village are farmers and also have another job in the neighboring Innsbruck. There are two Catholic churches in the village St. Quirin and St. Anna. They are both over 300 years old.
The Fotscherbach is a river of Tyrol, Austria.
The Pitze is a river in the Imst disctrict, Tyrol, Austria, a right tributary of the river Inn.
The Ötztaler Ache is a river in the district of Imst, Tyrol, Austria, a right tributary of the Inn.
The Ziller is a right tributary to the Inn, in the Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria. It is 55.7 km (34.6 mi) long, and its basin area is 1,135 km2 (438 sq mi). It springs from the ridge of the Zillertal Alps, and feeds the Zillergründl Dam. In Mayrhofen it receives the Zemmbach (that in turn receives the Tuxbach. By Zell am Ziller it receives the Gerlosbach, before it flows into the Inn by Strass im Zillertal.
The Sanna is a river of Tyrol, Austria, a tributary of the Inn.
The Inn Valley Motorway or Inntal Autobahn A12 is an autobahn in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and part of Euroroutes E45 and E60.
The Tyrolean Oberland is that part of the Austrian state of Tyrol west of Innsbruck or, more precisely, west of the Melach river, but excluding the Außerfern region.
The Lower Inn Valley is that part of the Inntal valley through which the Inn river flows from a point a few kilometres west of Innsbruck near its confluence with the Melach downstream to a few kilometres before Rosenheim. A further distinction can be made between the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley and the Bavarian Lower Inn Valley.