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The '''Danube''' (In [[German language|German]]: ''Donau'', in [[Hungarian_language|Hungarian]] ''Duna'', in [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]: ''Donava'', in [[Croatian language|Croatian]]: ''Dunav'', [[ancient Greek]]: ''Istros'') is [[Europe]]'s second longest river (after the [[Volga]]) and the longest [[river]] in the [[European Union]] with the total length of about '''2,860 km'''.
'''Danube''' originates in the [[Black Forest]] in [[Germany]] and flows through (or forms a part of a border of) [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], and [[Ukraine]]. Its [[drainage basin]] also includes parts of
[[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Switzerland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovenia]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], and [[Republic of Macedonia]].
 
''Danube'''s tributaries include, among the others, the following rivers:
*[[Inn]]
*[[Morava]]
*[[Drava]]
*[[Tisza]]
*[[Sava]]
*[[Great Morava]]
*[[Iskar]]
*[[Olt]]
*[[Osam]]
*[[Argeş]]
*[[Ialomiţa]]
*[[Siret]]
*[[Prut]]
 
The Danube flows through the following notable cities (ordered from source to mouth):
*[[Ulm]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]])
*[[Regensburg]] ([[Bavaria]], Germany
*[[Passau]] (Bavaria, Germany)
*[[Linz]] ([[Upper Austria]])
*[[Vienna]] (capital of [[Austria]])
*[[Bratislava]] (capital of [[Slovakia]])
*[[Győr]] ([[Hungary]])
*[[Budapest]] (capital of Hungary)
*[[Vukovar]] ([[Croatia]])
*[[Apatin]] ([[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]])
*[[Bačka Palanka]] ([[Vojvodina]], Serbia)
*[[Novi Sad ]] (capital of [[Vojvodina]], Serbia)
*[[Belgrade]] (the capital of Serbia)
*[[Smederevo]] (Serbia)
*[[Moldova Nouă]] ([[Romania]])
*[[Sulina]] (Romania)
*[[Vidin]] ([[Bulgaria]])
*[[Silistra]] (Bulgaria)
*[[Izmail]] ([[Ukraine]])

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