Bodies of Water
The Danube
DAN-yoob (/ˈdæn.juːb/)
Also Known As Donau The German name, used across much of the river's upper course.
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The Danube is Europe's second-longest river after the Volga, rising in Germany's Black Forest and flowing roughly 2,850 kilometers southeast through ten countries, more than any other river on Earth, before emptying into the Black Sea through the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine. It has carried trade and shaped borders since antiquity, and cities along its length, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade among them, grew up at its crossings.
Facts
Area (sq km)Area given is the river's total drainage basin, shared by nineteen countries in whole or part. Maximum Depth (m)Near the Iron Gate gorge on the Serbia-Romania border. Elevation (m) Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
Vienna, Cities This source names Vienna directly: "and cities along its length, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade among them, grew up at its crossings."
Vienna, Cities Vienna grew from the Roman legionary camp of Vindobona, sited on the Danube.
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On Continent
Sources
1. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
2. Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, PronunciationQuote, Infobox, Pronunciation
/ˈdæn.juːb/
2. Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Source elevation (Breg headstream)Quote, Infobox, Source elevation (Breg headstream)
1,078 m (3,537 ft)
2. Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Mouth coordinates fieldQuote, Infobox, Mouth coordinates field
45.21750N 29.76139E
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Germany, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Germany, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Austria, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Austria, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Slovakia, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Slovakia, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Hungary, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Hungary, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Croatia, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Croatia, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Serbia, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Serbia, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Romania, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Romania, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Bulgaria, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Bulgaria, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Moldova, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Moldova, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Danube (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: Ukraine, Lead sectionQuote, Flows Through: Ukraine, Lead section
Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi), passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
Vienna (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Vienna, History sectionQuote, Associated With: Vienna, History section
the Romans set up the military camp of Vindobona in Pannonia on the site of today's Vienna city centre near the Danube
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