Gurk (
Slovenian Krka) is a
river in
Carinthia (
Koroška),
Austria. It is a northern left tributary of the river
Drava (
Drau). The 120
km long river has its source in the
Alps, under the mountain group Gurktaler Alpen (
Krške Alpe), in the area where western
Styria (
Štajerska) borders Carinthia. In its upper stream it flows through the Gurktal (the
Gurk valley,
Krška dolina) towards east. Near
Strassburg it turns towards south and it outflows to the river Drava about a half way between
Klagenfurt (
Celovec) and
Völkermarkt[?] (
Velikovec).
Near St. Johann (Št. Janž) in Carinthia a rivulet Gorschitz (Krčica) outflows to the river Gurk.
See also: Geography of Austria.