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HausruckHausruck Mountains, Upper Austria, densely wooded low mountain range, 30 km long, up to approx. 800 m high (Gölblberg 801 m), situated in the Alpine foothills, between the River Inn and the Vöckla-Ager valley, consists of tertiary marl and gravel. Separates the Innviertel region from the rest of Upper Austria. Brown coal deposit near Ampflwang im Hausruckwald (mined until 1995), in Wolfsegg am Hausruck (mined until 1967) and in Thomasroith (until 1969), mineral oil and natural gas e.g. near Puchkirchen. The Kobernaußerwald hills form its south-western end. The Attnang-Puchheim- Ried im Innkreis-Schärding railway line traverses the Hausruck mountains at an altitude of 611 m (including a tunnel of 600 m length).
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