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Lech

River in Austria and Germany, tributary of Danube

Placemountain riverQ155841

Country: Germany
, Austria
Located in: Bavaria
, Vorarlberg
, Tyrol
Elevation: 400 m
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1.Stated in GeoNames
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Located in/on physical feature: Allgäu
, Tyrol
, Q2380500
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The Lech is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube 255 kilometres (158 mi) in length with a drainage basin of 3,919 square kilometres (1,513 sq mi). Its average discharge at the mouth is 115 m3/s (4,100 cu ft/s). Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises from lake Formarinsee in the Alps at an altitude of 1,870 metres (6,120 ft). It flows in a north-north-easterly direction and crosses the German border, forming the Lechfall, a 12-metre-high (39 ft) waterfall; afterwards the river enters a narrow gorge. Leaving the Alps, it enters the plains of the Allgäu at Füssen at an elevation of 790 metres (2,580 ft) in the German state of Bavaria, where it used to be the location of the boundary with Swabia. The river runs through the city of Füssen and through the Forggensee, a man-made lake which is drained in winter. Here, it forms rapids and a waterfall.

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Mouth: Danube
Category for the water basin: Category:Lech basin
Tributary: Vils tributary orientation: left bank
Wertach tributary orientation: left bank
Eiskanal
Archbach
Rotlech
Schönach
Hornbach tributary orientation: left bank
Formarin stream
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Münsterer Alte
Halblech
Illach
Spullerbach
Höhenbach tributary orientation: left bank
Weißenbach tributary orientation: left bank
Faulenbach tributary orientation: left bank
Sababach tributary orientation: left bank
Schwarzwasserbach tributary orientation: left bank
Hochalpbach tributary orientation: left bank
Krumbach tributary orientation: left bank
Bockbach tributary orientation: right bank
Length: 248 km
Watershed area: 4,100 km²
Waterbody number: AT/2-4
Drainage basin: Danube basin
Discharge: 115 cubic metre per second
120 cubic metre per second location: river mouth
Basin country: Austria
Germany
Different from: Lech
Members / parts: Lechfall

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