What countries are on the Danube River?
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What countries are on the Danube River?
Basic information on the countries in the Danube River Basin
| Country | Code | Coverage in DRB (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia* | HR | 34,965 |
| Czech Republic* | CZ | 21,688 |
| Germany* | DE | 56,184 |
| Hungary* | HU | 93,030 |
Where is the Danube River located in Africa?
Four countries – Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa – share the Basin, and the river forms the border between South Africa and Namibia in its lower reaches. The effective management of the Orange–Senqu River Basin is, therefore, particularly complex, but is also vital to the economy of the region.
Where does the river Danube start and end?
Danube Delta
Danube River/Mouths
Is the Danube in Poland?
In addition to the bordering countries (see above), the drainage basin includes parts of nine more countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.6\% of the basin area), the Czech Republic (2.9\%), Slovenia (2.0\%), Montenegro (0.9\%), Switzerland (0.2\%), Italy (<0.15\%), Poland (<0.1\%), North Macedonia (<0.1\%) and Albania (<0.1\%).
Where is the Blue Danube?
Vienna
The Blue Danube in Vienna. The Danube is the longest international river in Europe. It flows through 10 countries from the Black Forest in Germany to the mouth of the Black Sea, and most of its 2000 miles length is navigable.
Is Prague on the Danube?
Danube River Cruises Prague is often listed as a starting or ending point of a cruise; however, Prague is not located on the Danube River. It’s about 140 miles north of Passau and about 190 northeast of Nuremberg.
Where does the Danube start in Germany?
Brigach
Breg
Danube River/Sources
Confluence of Brigach and Breg The river Danube properly begins with the confluence of the two headwater streams Brigach and Breg in the region of Donaueschingen. The river flows on from there into the delta of the Black Sea, after 2811 km.
Why is it called the Blue Danube?
Strauss recalled a poem by Karl Isidor Beck (1817-79). Each stanza ends with the line: ‘By the Danube, beautiful blue Danube’. It gave him the inspiration and the title for his new work – although the Danube could never be described as blue and, at the time the waltz was written, it did not flow through Vienna.
Why is it called a Blue Danube?