Lafnitz (river)
The Lafnitz (Hungarian: Lapincs) is a river in southeastern Austria and (briefly) western Hungary.
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 A chartaque on the Lafnitz near Burgau. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Austria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | east of the Kreuzwirt, municipality of Wenigzell, Joglland |
| • coordinates | 47°22′47″N 15°48′19″E |
| • elevation | 930 m (AA) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Szentgotthárd into the Raab |
• coordinates | 46°57′30″N 16°16′29″E |
• elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Length | 113.6 km (70.6 mi) [1] |
| Basin size | 1,994 km² [2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rába→ Danube→ Black Sea |
| Landmarks |
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| Tributaries | |
| • right | Voraubach, Safen, Feistritz, Rittschein |
| Official name | Lafnitztal |
| Designated | 1 March 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1169[3] |
The Lafnitz is 114 kilometers (71 mi) long, and has a basin area of 1,994 square kilometers (770 sq mi).[4] It rises near the border of Styria and Lower Austria, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf, and Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, and it empties into the Rába less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town of Szentgotthárd. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and Burgenland. Its largest tributary is the Feistritz.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lafnitz. |
- Digitaler Atlas der Steiermark (Styria)
- Die Lafnitz und Natura 2000. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- "Lafnitztal". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- Vorbild Lafnitztal, EU brochure
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