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Between Tamsweg and [[Unzmarkt-Frauenburg]] the river flows through a rural mountain valley and is closely paralleled by the {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} long narrow gauge [[Murtalbahn]] railway. From Unzmarkt the river continues in an easterly direction through the industrial towns of [[Leoben]] and [[Bruck an der Mur]]. At Bruck an der Mur the [[Mürz]] joins the Mur, which turns sharply south to flow through the city of [[Graz]].
The river flows through the centre of Graz, passing underneath the [[Schloßberg (Graz)|Schloßberg]] and by the historic [[Innere Stadt (Graz)|Inner City]]. As a result of being the [[European Capital of Culture]] for 2003, an artificial island known as the [[Murinsel]] was constructed in the middle of the river. Once heavily polluted by several [[paper mill]]s on the shore and by the [[ironworks]] around Leoben, the [[water quality]] has improved since the
From Graz the river continues to flow south, past the town of [[Leibnitz]] to its nearby confluence with the [[Sulm (Austria)|Sulm]], where it adopts a more easterly course. Near [[Spielfeld]], the river forms the border between Austria and [[Slovenia]], a role it retains until just after the twin towns of [[Bad Radkersburg]] and [[Gornja Radgona]], where it passes fully into Slovenia.
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