The Ager () is a river in

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

; it is the discharge of the Attersee between Schörfling am Attersee and Seewalchen, and by Lambach it flows into the Traun. The Ager emerged towards the end of the

Würm glaciation The Würm glaciation or Würm stage ( or ''Würm-Glazial'', colloquially often also ''Würmeiszeit'' or ''Würmzeit''; cf. ice age), usually referred to in the literature as the Würm (often spelled "Wurm"), was the last glacial period in the ...

, when the mighty glaciers began to melt. Influx into the Ager: *The Fornacher Redlbach flows into the Ager west of

Vöcklamarkt Vöcklamarkt (Central Bavarian: ''Vöcklamoakt'') is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper ...

*The

Vöckla The Vöckla is a river in Upper Austria. The Vöckla has a length of , its basin is about , the medium flux . The Vöckla originates northeast of the Mondsee. Created by several springs, the river flows in northern direction first. At Frankenmar ...

flows into the Ager by

Vöcklabruck Vöcklabruck () is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck District, Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway. Vöcklabruck's name derives from th ...

*The Aurach flows into the Ager by Wankham Over the Attersee the Ager also receives water from the Mondsee, the Irrsee (also called Zeller See), and the Fuschlsee, that are all connected by relatively short streams. In the postwar period, the Ager was strongly polluted by various nearby factories. Today this is less the case because several

sewage treatment plant Sewage treatment is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water p ...

s have been created.

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