Alm is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n state of

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 ...

. The Alm's source is lake Almsee. It is a right tributary of the

Traun Traun () is an Austrian municipality located on the north bank of the Traun (river), river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name ''Traun'' is derived from the Celtic word for river (). Traun is the fifth la ...

, which meets near the town of Fischlham. Its largest tributary is the Laudach. Municipalities along the river are

Grünau im Almtal Grünau im Almtal is a village in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Grünau is surrounded by mountains with a central river (Alm) that runs throughout the valley. Sport Grünau also has a passionate connection with their local f ...

Scharnstein Scharnstein is a municipality in the district of Gmunden in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Scharnstein lies in the heart of the Alm valley. About 55 percent of the municipality is forest, and 36 percent is farmland. History The mu ...

, Pettenbach,

Vorchdorf Vorchdorf is a market town in the district of Gmunden in Upper Austria, Austria, as well as the name of the municipal area (" Gemeinde") that the town and others occupy. As of the 2005 census, the town of Vorchdorf had a population of 7,287 inhabi ...

, Steinerkirchen an der Traun and

Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Population International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting is twinned with: * Friedrichsdorf Frie ...

. The quality of the water is

potable Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also calle ...

. Fishes in the Alm include

brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus ''Salmo'', endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally ...

rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributary, tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The steelhead (sometimes called steelhead trout) is an Fish migration#Classification, ...

brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...

and grayling.

References

Rivers of Upper Austria Rivers of Austria {{Austria-river-stub