Bregenzer Ach | |
Mouth Coordinates: | 47.5033°N 9.6936°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Length: | 67km (42miles) |
Source1 Elevation: | 2400m (7,900feet) |
Mouth Elevation: | 395m (1,296feet) |
Basin Size: | 832km2 |
Tributaries Right: | Weißach, Subersach |
The Bregenzer Ach (also: Bregenzer Ache) is the main river of the Bregenz Forest (German: Bregenzerwald) in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is a tributary to Lake Constance and the River Rhine, respectively.
The source of the river is above the town of Schröcken, at an altitude of about .[1] The river is long and drains almost the entire area of the Bregenz Forest. Its mouth on Upper Lake Constance (German: Obersee) is near Bregenz and lies east of the outflows of the rivers Dornbirner Ach and Alpine Rhine. The outflow of Lake Constance is the High Rhine.