The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River and 254 km long. In general English usage, length (symbols: l, L) is but one particular instance of distance – an objects length is how long the object is – but in the physical sciences and engineering, the word length is in some contexts used synonymously with distance. Height is vertical distance; width (or breadth... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre (American spelling: meter), symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A watershed or catchment basin is the region of land whose water drains into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Danube in Budapest Length 2,888 ¹ km Elevation of the source 1,078 ² m Average discharge 30 km. ... Mauthausen is a small town in Upper Austria about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz. ... For the term related to television programmes, see watershed (television). ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg, Germany...

Geography

The Enns has its source in the Radstädter Tauern mountains in the Austrian state of Salzburg. In a valley which developed during the ice age, it flows at the border between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Central Alps on an Eastern trajectory through Styria, where it passes the Dachstein group at its Southern side. Between Admont and Hieflau, it takes a turn to the North and passes through the Gesäuse, a gorge of a length of 15 km, where it penetrates the limestone of the Ennstal Alps. Flowing to the north from there on, it reaches the state of Upper Austria at the mouth of the Laußabach. North of Steyr, it forms the border between Upper Austria and Lower Austria (formerly also known as Austria above the Enns and Austria below the Enns). Finally, it meets the Danube at Mauthausen and the city of Enns. Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps. ... Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) can refer to: Styria - a federal state of Austria Styria - an informal province in Slovenia Styria - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria-Hungary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... Steyr is a town (population 39,495 as of 2001) in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located on the Enns river. ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the fifty federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... Mauthausen is a small town in Upper Austria about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz. ... Enns ist a city in Upper Austria, located 281 m above sea level on the river Enns, which forms the border to Lower Austria. ...

The Enns is a typical wild water river and draws its water from an area of more than 6.000 km², which is the fifth largest in Austria. At its mouth, it bears 201 m³ per second on average.

History

In the middle of the 19th century, canals began to be built along the 70 km between Weißenbach and the Gesäuse in order to make use of the water for agriculture and forestry. Forestry (formally known as silviculture) is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and related natural resources. ...

In total, 10 power plants with a total generative power of 345 Megawatts have been built by the Ennskraftwerke AG. A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ...

Towns along the river

in Salzburg

• Radstadt

Salzburg (area 7154 sq. ...

in Styria

• Schladming
• Gröbming
• Liezen
• Selzthal
• Admont

Styria (Steiermark in German, Štajerska in Slovenian) can refer to: Styria - a federal state of Austria Styria - an informal province in Slovenia Styria - a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire and crownland of Austria-Hungary This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...

in Upper Austria

• Großraming
• Ternberg
• Garsten
• Steyr
• Enns

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Power plants

• Schönau
• Weyer
• Großraming
• Losenstein
• Ternberg
• Rosenau
• Garsten - St. Ulrich am Waasen
• Staning
• Mühlrading
• St. Pantaleon

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Tributaries

The most important inflows are the Palten, the Salza and the Steyr.

Transportation

A major transit route connecting Germany and Slovenia through Austria runs through the Enns valley. The so-called iron road runs along the river between Hieflau and Enns, along which iron ore has been transported from the Styrian Erzberg (ore mountain) to the steel mill in Linz. This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... Steel mills are the industrial plants where pig iron is converted into steel. ... Map of Austria, locating Linz Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river. ...