The Kalter Gang is a river in the
Industrieviertel
(; en, Industrial Quarter), or , is the southeastern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria (the northeast state of the 9 states in Austria). It is bordered on the north by Vienna and the , to the west by the , and to the south and east ...
of
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
, south of Vienna. It is a tributary of the
Schwechat
Schwechat () is a town southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV.
Geography
Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, whi ...
.
Geography
The Kalter Gang feeds on many
groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available freshwater in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidate ...
sources in the area of the
Mitterndorfer Senke, which are located in the municipal area of
Ebreichsdorf
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right next to the
Piesting
The Piesting is a river in southern Lower Austria. A left tributary of the Fischa, its drainage basin is .
The sources of the Piesting are the Kalte Gang, the , and the Längapiesting, which begin south of the Schneeberg. These rivers meet in G ...
. For this reason, the middle and upper reaches of the Piesting have often been erroneously referred to as the Kalter Gang. Measurement results show, however, that the Kalter Gang is an independent body of water that is characterised by more even water temperatures (hence the name; ) and a higher
magnesium sulphate
Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate (in English-speaking countries other than the US) is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula , consisting of magnesium cations (20.19% by mass) and sulfate anions . It is a white crystalline solid, s ...
content than the Piesting.
Conservation
An approximately 1 km (0.6 mile) long section of the river near Pellendorf was rehabilitated in early 2019.
"Kalter Gang in Pellendorf wird geräumt"
''MeinBezirk.at''. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
See also
* Vienna Basin
The Vienna Basin (german: Wiener Becken, cz, Vídeňská pánev, sk, Viedenská kotlina, Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and t ...
* List of rivers of Austria
This is a list of rivers (or tributary, tributaries thereof) at least partially located in Austria. Nearly all of Austria is drained by the Danube into the Black Sea; the rest flow into the North Sea. Rivers are listed twice, first by basin, then ...
References
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Rivers of Austria