The Bregenzer Ach (also: ''Bregenzer Ache'') is the main
river
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of the
Bregenz Forest
The Bregenz Forest (german: Bregenzerwald, ) is one of the main regions in the state of Vorarlberg (Austria). It overlaps, but is not coterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains, which belong to a range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifica ...
(Bregenzerwald), in the Austrian
state
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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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. 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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