Alm is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or 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, an ...

. The Alm's source is the lake

Almsee Almsee, English sometimes Lake Alm,Dagg, Anne Innis. 2011. ''Animal Friendships''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 34. is a lake in Upper Austria's part of the Salzkammergut in the Almtal valley, south of the village of Grünau im Alm ...

. It is a right tributary of the

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

, which it meets near the town of

Fischlham Fischlham is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Fischlham lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 19 percent of the municipality is forest, and 69 percent is farmland. Personalities It is not ...

. Its largest tributary is the

Laudach Laudach is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. The river reaches a length of . The Laudach is a left and the main tributary of the Alm. The longer Äußere (outer) Laudach is the output of the Laudachsee in Gmunden. It passes the ar ...

. Municipalities along the river are

Grünau im Almtal Grünau im Almtal is a village in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Rep ...

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 Pettenbach is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Pettenbach lies in the Traunviertel The Traunviertel (literally German for the ''Traun'' quarter or district) is an Austrian ...

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 Steinerkirchen an der Traun is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Uppe ...

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 Fried ...

. The quality of the water is at a high level (

drinking water Drinking water is water that is used in drink or food preparation; potable water is water that is safe to be used as drinking water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, ...

). Fishes in the Alm comprise:

Brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morp ...

Rainbow trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coast ...

, Brook trout and

Grayling Grayling or Greyling may refer to: Animals Fish * Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae ** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus'' ** Arctic grayli ...

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