Isar

Isar, or ISER, a river of Bavaria, rises in the Tyrol, north-east of Innsbruck, and flows 220 miles, generally in a north and north-east direction, till it falls into the Danube near Deggendorf. Munich and Landshut are on the banks 'of Isar, rolling rapidly:' Hohenlinden (q.v.) is 20 miles away. In the first part of its course it is an impetuous mountain-torrent; and even after it leaves the Alps it has many rapids and islands. Large quantities of wood are floated down the Isar from the mountains. Area of its drainage basin, 3545 sq. m.