Northern Taurach | |
Name Other: | German: Nördliche Taurach |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Austria |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Salzburg |
Length: | 20km (10miles) |
Source1 Location: | Origin: Confluence of the German: Grünwald Taurach and German: Hundsfeld Taurach in Obertauern |
Mouth Location: | Near Radstadt into the Enns |
The Northern Taurach (German: Nördliche Taurach), also called the Pongau Taurach (German: Pongauer Taurach), is a river of the state Salzburg in Austria. Its drainage basin is .[1]
The Northern Taurach is a right-hand tributary of the Enns near Radstadt. It is one of the two rivers named Taurach, both of which rise near the Radstädter Tauern Pass, but drain in opposite directions – the other is called . The two valleys, which descend from the Tauern Pass, are also both called Taurach Valley (). Together they link the Enns valley to the Mur valley in north–south direction.
The Northern Taurach is about long and thus considerably shorter than the Southern Taurach, but has a greater height difference from source to mouth of over .