Kamp (river)

River in Austria

Kamp
The Kamp near Rosenburg castle
Location
Country	Austria
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Waldviertel

Mouth	Danube
• coordinates	48°23′07″N 15°50′31″E / 48.3854°N 15.8420°E / 48.3854; 15.8420
Length	168.4 km (104.6 mi) ^[1]
Basin size	2,177 km² (841 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• right	Krems

The Kamp (German pronunciation: [kamp] ^ⓘ) is a 168-kilometre-long (104 mi) river in northern Austria, left tributary of the Danube. Its drainage basin is 2,177 km² (841 sq mi).^[2]

The source of the Kamp is on the border of Lower Austria and Upper Austria, near the town Liebenau, in the Mühlviertel. It flows generally east through Rappottenstein (where it receives its tributary Kleine Kamp), Zwettl, Krumau am Kamp, Gars am Kamp and Langenlois. Most of the southern part of the valley belongs to the Kamptal vine region. Before the construction of the hydropower plant in the Danube at Altenwörth in the 1970s, the Kamp flowed into the Danube near Grafenwörth, east of Krems an der Donau. Its discharge point was moved to Altenwörth, and the waters of the river Krems, that used to be a direct tributary of the Danube, were redirected to the Kamp.

References

^ Niederösterreich Atlas (Lower Austria)
^ "Flächenverzeichnis der Flussgebiete: Donaugebiet von der Enns bis zur Leitha" (PDF). Beiträge zur Hydrografie Österreichs Heft 62. December 2014. p. 103.