Mur
Mur is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index, part of the Drava system. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- System
- Drava
- Coordinates
- 46.55°, 16.25°
About Mur
The Mur (German pronunciation: [ˈmuːɐ̯] ) or Mura (Slovene: [ˈmúːɾa]; Croatian: [mǔːra]; Hungarian: [ˈmurɒ]; Prekmurje Slovene: Müra or Möra) is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria with its source at 1,898 m (6,227 ft) above sea level. It is a tributary of the Drava and subsequently the Danube.
The Mur's total length is around 464 kilometres (288 mi). About 326 km are within the interior of Austria; 95 km flow in and around Slovenia (67 km along the borders with Austria and Croatia, 28 km inside Slovenia), and the rest forms the border between Croatia and Hungary. The largest city on the river is Graz, Austria. Its drainage basin covers an area of 14,109 km2 (5,448 mi2).
Tributaries of the Mur include the Mürz, the Sulm, the Ščavnica, the Ledava and the Trnava.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Mur (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Mur in Depth
River course
The river rises in a remote valley within the Lungau region of the Austrian state of Salzburg. The river flows eastward through Tamsweg before crossing the border into the state of Styria.
Between Tamsweg and Unzmarkt-Frauenburg the river flows through a rural mountain valley and is closely paralleled by the 65 km (40 mi) long narrow gauge Murtalbahn railway. From Unzmarkt the river continues in an easterly direction through the industrial towns of Leoben and Bruck an der Mur. At Bruck an der Mur the Mürz joins the Mur, which turns sharply south to flow through the city of Graz.
The river flows through the centre of Graz, passing beside the Schloßberg and the historic Inner City.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Mur (river) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Mur: Key Facts
| Length | 434 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 166 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 13,824 km² |
| Source | High Tauern |
| Mouth | Drava |
| Drainage system | Danube basin |
| Tributaries | Liesing, Mürz, Kainach, Sulm, Trnava, Lassnitzbach, Südliche Taurach |
Facts from Wikidata Q204040 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Mur: Quick Answers
- Where is Mur?
- Mur is located in Austria and Croatia and Hungary and Slovenia, at 46.5474° N, 16.2540° E.
- Are there dams on the Mur?
- No dam on the Mur is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.
- Which river system is the Mur part of?
- The Mur is part of the Drava system.