The Ager () is a river in

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

; it is the discharge of the Attersee between Schörfling am Attersee and Seewalchen, and by

Lambach Lambach () is a market town in the Wels-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria on the Ager and Traun Rivers. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056. Notable alumnus from the local eleme ...

it flows into the

Traun Traun () is an Austrian city located on the north bank of the river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name ''Traun'' is derived from the Celtic word for river (''dru''). Traun is the fifth largest city in U ...

. The Ager emerged towards the end of the

Würm glaciation The Würm glaciation or Würm stage (german: Würm-Kaltzeit or ''Würm-Glazial'', colloquially often also ''Würmeiszeit'' or ''Würmzeit''; cf. ice age), usually referred to in the literature as the Würm (often spelled "Wurm"), was the last g ...

, when the mighty glaciers began to melt. Influx into the Ager: *The Fornacher Redlbach flows into the Ager west of

Vöcklamarkt Vöcklamarkt (Central Bavarian: ''Vöcklamoakt'') is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. ...

*The

Vöckla The Vöckla is a river in Upper Austria. The Vöckla has a length of , its basin is about , the medium flux . The Vöckla originates northeast of the Mondsee. Created by several springs, the river flows in northern direction first. At Frankenmar ...

flows into the Ager by

Vöcklabruck Vöcklabruck () is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway. Vöcklabruck's name derives from the River Vöckla which ...

*The Aurach flows into the Ager by Wankham Over the Attersee the Ager also receives water from the Mondsee, the

Irrsee Irrsee is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria, located at . Its surface is approximately and its maximum depth is 32 metres. It is a popular tourist destination, also thanks to the warmest water temperature of all lakes in Salzkammergut. It is d ...

(also called Zeller See), and the

Fuschlsee Lake Fuschl (german: Fuschlsee) is a lake in the Salzkammergut, Austria, located in the state of Salzburg. Its area is approximately and its maximum depth is 66 metres. See also *Fuschl am See Fuschl am See is an Austrian municipality in the d ...

, that are all connected by relatively short streams. In the postwar period, the Ager was strongly

polluted Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the ...

by various nearby factories. Today this is less the case because several

sewage treatment plant Sewage treatment (or domestic wastewater treatment, municipal wastewater treatment) is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding envir ...

s have been created.

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* Rivers of Upper Austria Rivers of Austria {{Austria-river-stub