Tannheimer Tal Explained

Tannheimer Tal
Location:Tyrol, Allgäu Alps, Austria
Coordinates:47.5064°N 10.49°W
Type:high valley, hanging valley
Elevation:1060-1140 m
Length:20 km
Watercourses:Berger Ache, Vils; Nesselwängler Ache, Warpsbach, Weißenbach

The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1,100 metres, in the Tannheim Mountains, which are part of the Allgäu Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol (county of Reutte).It is a left sided tributary to the lech river.

Geography

The Tannheimer Tal branches off the upper Lech valley as a hanging valley near Weißenbach, runs via the Gaicht Pass and the lake of Haldensee to the Oberjoch Pass in Bavaria. Between the Haldensee and Nesselwängle it runs as a valley-floor divide at around . East of it, the Nesselwängler Ache, Warpsbach and Weißenbach drain into the Lech, to the west the Berger Ache and Vils rivers flow through it. The Vils runs in a wide bow around the Tannheim Mountains and also empties into the Lech at the town of Vils.

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