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''Danube'''s tributaries include, among the others, the following rivers: | ''Danube'''s tributaries include, among the others, the following rivers: | ||
*[[Inn]] | *[[Inn River|Inn]] | ||
*[[Morava]] | *[[Morava River|Morava]] | ||
*[[Drava River|Drava]] | *[[Drava River|Drava]] | ||
*[[Tisza]] | *[[Tisza River|Tisza]] | ||
*[[Sava]] | *[[Sava River|Sava]] | ||
*[[Great Morava]] | *[[Great Morava River|Great Morava]] | ||
*[[Iskar]] | *[[Iskar River|Iskar]] | ||
*[[Olt]] | *[[Olt River|Olt]] | ||
*[[Osam]] | *[[Osam River|Osam]] | ||
*[[Argeş]] | *[[Argeş]] | ||
*[[Ialomiţa]] | *[[Ialomiţa]] | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 17 January 2008
The Danube (In German: Donau, in Hungarian Duna, in Slovenian: Donava, in 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:
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)