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Isar
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Isar (ē`zär), river, 160 mi (257 km) long, rising in the Tyrol, W Austria, and flowing NE through S central Germany, past Munich, to the Danube River. There are more than 25 large hydroelectric plants below Munich.
Isar
a river in central Europe, rising in W Austria and flowing generally northeast through S Germany into the Danube. Length: over 260 km (160 miles)

Isar 

river in the Federal Republic of Germany (sources in Austria), a right-bank tributary of the Danube. Length, 283 km; basin area, 9,000 sq km.

The Isar rises in the Tyrolian Alps and flows into Bavaria. The lowest water level is in winter; in summer there are flash floods. The average rate of flow at the mouth is 185 cu m per sec. Logs are floated on the river. The city of Munich is situated on the Isar.



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The English Garden is a sprawling public park stretching across the river Isar from almost the city centre to the north- eastern limits of Munich.
Her body was found halfsubmerged in the River Isar in the Thalkirchen district of Munich on August 20.
 
 
 
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