The Bregenzer Ach (also: ''Bregenzer Ache'') is the main
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
of the
Bregenz Forest (Bregenzerwald), in the Austrian
state of
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
. It is a tributary to
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
, which is drained by the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, source1_elevation =
, source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein
, source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, so ...
. The river is 67 kilometers long and drains almost the entire area of the Bregenz Forest. It has its source above the town of
Schröcken
Schröcken is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
Geography
Schröcken is in the Austrian Alps, at an altitude of 1,269 meters. 12.4% of the area are forested, 39.4% Alpine area.
History
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, at an altitude of about 2400 meters.
References
Rivers of Vorarlberg
Rivers of Austria
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