Editing Leitha (section)

==Course==
[[File:Leitha Ursprung.JPG|thumb|160px|left|Plaque at Leitha origin]]
The Leitha rises in [[Lower Austria]] at the confluence of its two headstreams, the [[Schwarza (Leitha)|Schwarza]], discharging the [[Schneeberg (Alps)|Schneeberg]], [[Rax]] and [[Schneealpe]] ranges of the [[Northern Limestone Alps]], and the [[Pitten (river)|Pitten]]. Between [[Ebenfurth]] and [[Leithaprodersdorf]], and between [[Bruck an der Leitha]] and [[Gattendorf, Austria|Gattendorf]],<ref>Verified on a modern Atlas</ref> the Leitha forms part of the border between the Austrian [[States of Austria|states]] of [[Lower Austria]] and [[Burgenland]]. East of [[Nickelsdorf]], the river passes into [[Hungary]], where it flows into the Moson arm of the Danube west of [[Szigetköz]] Island near [[Mosonmagyaróvár]]. Important towns on its course are [[Wiener Neustadt]], Bruck and Mosonmagyaróvár.

Large amounts of the Schwarza headstream waters are diverted to supply the [[Wiener Neustadt Canal]] and the [[drinking water]] supply of [[Vienna]]. Furthermore, several canals diverge from the Leitha, feeding [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning]] companies in the past, today small [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] power plants. [[File:Dry Streambed-Leitha DSC 0016w.jpg|thumb|Dried-up streambed of Leitha near [[Bad Erlach]]]]

Between [[Seibersdorf]] and [[Hof am Leithaberge]], most of the water in the Leitha is removed for this purpose. From there on, the Leitha usually runs dry, unless its flow further upstream is abnormally high. Downriver from [[Katzelsdorf]] the river bed is almost completely dry as well.