The river rises in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps on the Pasterze Glacier at the foot of the Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria. It discharges after flowing for a little over 84 km (52 mi) near Möllbrücke into the Drava. At the beginning of its course, at the southeastern end of the Pasterze Glacier, it is impounded to form the Margaritze Reservoir, from where part of the water is diverted via pressure tunnels across the Alpine crest and Mt. Wiesbachhorn to the reservoirs of the Verbund hydroelectric power plant in Kaprun, Salzburg.
Downstream near Stall, the Möll waters are again impounded into the Gößnitz Reservoir. At Obervellach the river course is joined by the parallel Tauern Railway line descending from Mallnitz and the southern Tauern Tunnel portal. Near Kolbnitz and its confluence with the Drava, the Möll is once again dammed up to create the Rottau equalizing basin. From here some of the water is diverted to the lower stage of the Malta-Reisseck Power Plant in Möllbrücke.
The Möll is a popular kayak white water river and one of the preferred rafting rivers in Carinthia.
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Gößnitz Reservoir
Möll near Penk, seen from the Zwenberg
Rafting near Napplach
Rottau equalizing basin. Right: the Oberwasser channel, that leads to Möll Valley Power Station. Left: the natural river bed though which only a fraction of the water flows.
Möll Valley Power Station. The water now empties into the Drau before the actual mouth of the Möll (left).
^ ab"Flächenverzeichnis der Flussgebiete: Draugebiet" (PDF). Beiträge zur Hydrografie Österreichs Heft 59. October 2011. p. 37.
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möll, german, pronunciation, mœl, presumably, from, slovene, rubble, river, northwestern, carinthia, austria, left, tributary, drava, drainage, basin, upper, near, heiligenblutlocationcountryaustriastatecarinthiaphysical, characteristicssource, locationpasterz. The Moll German pronunciation mœl presumably from Slovene Mel rubble is a river in northwestern Carinthia in Austria a left tributary of the Drava Its drainage basin is 1 100 8 km2 425 0 sq mi 2 MollUpper Moll near HeiligenblutLocationCountryAustriaStateCarinthiaPhysical characteristicsSource locationPasterze Glacier Grossglockner near Heiligenblut coordinates47 4 39 N 12 44 4 E 47 07750 N 12 73444 E 47 07750 12 73444 elevation2 500 m 8 200 ft Mouth locationDrava near Mollbrucke coordinates46 49 38 N 13 22 48 E 46 82722 N 13 38000 E 46 82722 13 38000 elevation549 m 1 801 ft Length84 2 km 52 3 mi 1 Basin size1 100 8 km2 425 0 sq mi 2 Discharge average24 9 m3 880 cu ft sBasin featuresProgressionDrava Danube Black Sea Contents 1 Course 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksCourse editThe river rises in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps on the Pasterze Glacier at the foot of the Grossglockner the highest mountain in Austria It discharges after flowing for a little over 84 km 52 mi near Mollbrucke into the Drava At the beginning of its course at the southeastern end of the Pasterze Glacier it is impounded to form the Margaritze Reservoir from where part of the water is diverted via pressure tunnels across the Alpine crest and Mt Wiesbachhorn to the reservoirs of the Verbund hydroelectric power plant in Kaprun Salzburg nbsp Moll valley near Obervellach The Moll then runs down to Heiligenblut parallel to the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and further southwards separating the mountains of the Schober Group in the west from the Goldberg Group in the east In the municipality of Winklern near the border with Tyrol East Tyrol at Iselsberg Pass it turns eastwards running through the broad lower part of the Moll Valley German Molltal along the northern rim of the Kreuzeck Group Downstream near Stall the Moll waters are again impounded into the Gossnitz Reservoir At Obervellach the river course is joined by the parallel Tauern Railway line descending from Mallnitz and the southern Tauern Tunnel portal Near Kolbnitz and its confluence with the Drava the Moll is once again dammed up to create the Rottau equalizing basin From here some of the water is diverted to the lower stage of the Malta Reisseck Power Plant in Mollbrucke The Moll is a popular kayak white water river and one of the preferred rafting rivers in Carinthia Gallery edit nbsp Gossnitz Reservoir nbsp Moll near Penk seen from the Zwenberg nbsp Rafting near Napplach nbsp Rottau equalizing basin Right the Oberwasser channel that leads to Moll Valley Power Station Left the natural river bed though which only a fraction of the water flows nbsp Moll Valley Power Station The water now empties into the Drau before the actual mouth of the Moll left References edit Karnten Atlas Carinthia a b Flachenverzeichnis der Flussgebiete Draugebiet PDF Beitrage zur Hydrografie Osterreichs Heft 59 October 2011 p 37 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moll Hydrographic service in Carinthia online survey data Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moll amp oldid 1197400231, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
