The Ötztaler Ache is a river in the district of Imst,

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

state of

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It is a right tributary of the

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...

. It flows through the

Ötztal The Ötztal () is an alpine valley located in Tyrol, Austria. The Ötztaler Ache river flows through the valley in a northern direction. The Ötztal separates the Stubai Alps in the east from the Ötztal Alps in the west. The valley is long. The ...

valley, a southern branch the

Inntal The Inntal is the valley containing the Inn river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The valley has a total length of 517 km and the biggest city located in Inntal is Innsbruck. The valley is divided into the following sections based on r ...

. Including its source rivers and , it is long. The Rofenache is the runoff of the , a glacier at the foot of the Weißkugel,

Ötztal Alps The Ötztal Alps (, ) are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the Tyrol (state), State of Tyrol in western Austria and the South Tyrol, Province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography The Ötztal Alps are arrayed at the head of ...

. At , near

Sölden Sölden () is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria. Geography At c. , it is the largest municipality in the country. The population of 3,449 (as of 2003) is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated. Wit ...

, it takes up the and its name changes to Venter Ache. At the confluence with the in , Sölden, the Ötztaler Ache proper is formed. It flows through Sölden,

Längenfeld Längenfeld is a municipality and a village in the Imst District, Tyrol, Austria. It is located 25 km southeast of Imst in the Ötztal valley, 14 km north of Sölden Sölden () is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Aust ...

, Umhausen and Oetz before joining the Inn east of

Imst Imst (; Southern Bavarian: ''Imscht'') is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of above sea level. With a current population (2018) of 10,504, Imst ...

. The river is one of its bigger tributaries.

Gallery

File:Habichen, de Ötztaler Ache IMG 0782 2019-07-31 10.01.jpg, Ötztaler Ache in Habichen File:Bodele, de Ötztaler Ache vanaf de Riederbrücke IMG 0789 2019-07-31 10.30.jpg, Bodele, Ötztaler Ache from the Riederbrücke File:Tussen Umhausen en Längenfeld, de Ötztaler Ache IMG 0825 2019-07-31 12.12.jpg, between Umhausen and Längenfeld, the Ötztaler Ache File:Tussen Längenfeld en Umhausen, de Ötztaler Ache vanaf de Ferdinands Radbrücke IMG 0834 2019-07-31 12.26.jpg, between Längenfeld and Umhausen, the Ötztaler Ache from the Ferdinands Radbrücke File:Aschbach, de Ötztaler Ache bij de Waldwegbrücke IMG 0873 2019-07-31 15.10.jpg, Aschbach, the Ötztaler Ache near the Waldwegbrücke

References

Rivers of Tyrol (federal state) Rivers of Austria {{Tyrol-geo-stub