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The Salzkammergut is a resort area located in ___MASK17___ . It stretches from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains , spanning the federal states of Upper ___MASK17___ , Salzburg , and Styria . The main river of the region is the Traun , a right tributary of the Danube . The name " Salzkammergut " literally means " Estate of the Salt Chamber " and derives from the Imperial Salt Chamber , the authority charged with running the precious salt mines of the Habsburg Monarchy . It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe , stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries : ___MASK17___ , France , Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Monaco , Slovenia , and Switzerland . The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided . Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn . Mont Blanc spans the French  Italian border , and at is the highest mountain in the Alps . The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres ( just over 13 , 000 feet ). Attersee , also known as Kammersee , English sometimes Lake Atter , is the largest lake of the Salzkammergut region in the Austrian state of Upper ___MASK17___ . It is ___MASK17___ ' s third largest lake by area , surpassed only by Lake Constance and Lake Neusiedl , which , however , both extend beyond national borders . Mondsee (" Moon Lake ") is a lake in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut and near the larger Attersee . Its southwestern shore marks the border between the states of Upper ___MASK17___ and Salzburg and also between the Northern Limestone Alps in the south and the Sandstone zone of the northern Alps . The Drachenwand (" Dragonwall ") at the southern shore of the lake is an impressive sight . Mondsee is one of ___MASK17___ ' s last privately owned lakes . In August 2008 , owner Nicolette Waechter owner announced it was up for sale . Upper ___MASK17___ (; Austro - Bavarian : " Obaöstarreich ") is one of the nine states or " Bundesländer " of ___MASK17___ . Its capital is Linz . Upper ___MASK17___ borders on Germany and the Czech Republic , as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower ___MASK17___ , Styria , and Salzburg . With an area of and 1 . 437 million inhabitants , Upper ___MASK17___ is the fourth - largest Austrian state by land area and the third - largest by population . The `` Seeache '' is the natural outflow of the Mondsee ( lake ) and flows into the Attersee ( lake ) after 3 kilometres . The rapid river possesses Grade A to B water quality and is often used for rafting ( difficulty level : A to B ) . In the Seeache are now living perlfishes ( Rutilus frisii meidingeri ) . The Northern Limestone Alps , also called the Northern Calcareous Alps , are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in ___MASK17___ and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany . The distinction from the latter group , where the higher peaks are located , is based on differences in geological composition . Geography . If viewed on a west - east axis , the Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Rhine valley and the Bregenz Forest in Vorarlberg , ___MASK17___ in the west extending along the border between the German federal - state of Bavaria and Austrian Tyrol , through Salzburg , Upper ___MASK17___ , Styria and Lower ___MASK17___ and finally ending at the Wienerwald at the city - limits of Vienna in the east .