Enns (river) below the Enns"). Finally, it meets the Danube at Mauthausen and the city of Enns. The Enns is a typical wild water river and draws its water from an area of more than , which is the fifth-largest in Austria. The average outflow at its mouth is . The Anisian Age in the Triassic Period of geological time is named from Anisus, the Latin name of the river Enns. In the middle of the 19th century, canals began to be built along the between Weißenbach and the Gesäuse, in order to make use of the water for agriculture and forestry.
Salza (Enns) Salza (Enns) The Salza (also Mariazeller Salza) is an eastern tributary of the Enns. It originates on the Traisenberg in Lower Austria and flows South of Mariazell through the Styrian nature preserve of "Wildalpener Salzatal". After 90 km, it meets the Enns near Großreifling. Below the town of Weichselboden is the "Prescenyklause", which was constructed with a weir (a small dam) for a saw mill in 1848. Today the water of the reservoir is used to power a small electric power plant. Downstream from the reservoir, the Salza is a favorite site for kayakers. Many sources and tiny tributaries feed