The Danube River which countries it connects. The confluence of the Danube. Upper, middle and lower reaches

Holidays are not only for people, but also for cities and even for rivers. So, on June 29, thirteen states celebrate the International Day of the Danube - the second longest European river. Today we will tell you about the countries that stand on the banks of the blue Danube and what you can see in them?

So, how is the holiday of the Danube and the rivers flowing into it? At this time, interesting festivals, creative meetings, scientific conferences, art exhibitions and environmental events are held everywhere. The first time this holiday began to be celebrated in 2004, and timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Danube Convention. And although the purpose of this event is to protect this amazing European river, you have a great opportunity to visit one of the wonderful countries located on the banks of this river.

Austria. Summer is a great time to visit Lower Austria. The Wachau Valley, with its quiet and romantic landscapes, is distinguished by the special charm of the Austrian land, by the way, it is under the protection of UNESCO. It is worth driving away from the capital of Austria - only seventy kilometers, and you can already admire the special terraces open to all mountain winds, on which the famous Wachau Rieslings are grown. You have a wonderful opportunity to see the local vineyards and appreciate the wines prepared here. In addition, this region is rich in medieval castles-museum. You can also take a great boat trip along the Austrian towns on the banks of the Danube. This ship runs between Melk and Krems several times a day, here guests on board will be offered to taste local wine. Upon reaching the Wachau, you will receive unique chance observe architecture in three classical styles at once: the majestic Gothic altar in Mayer, which is very close to Melk, the beautiful baroque Benedictine Abbey of 976 in Melk and Schallaburg - recognized as the most beautiful Renaissance castle in Northern Austria. And yet, you just need to get into the ruins of the Kuenring castle, built in the thirteenth century in Aggstein and the Durnstein fortress, where the English king Richard the First Lionheart lived as a prisoner for a long time. Take your children to the city of Spitz, where interesting museum seafaring or make them happy with a trip to the toy fair in Schalloburg. Adults, on the other hand, will have a great time in the numerous cozy taverns and restaurants at the castle-hotels of the Wachau with a glass of excellent local wine.

Slovakia. In the predilections of the Slovaks, everything is mixed up: their Catholic faith is from the Poles, but they appreciate beer and music like real Austrians, pour a lot of paprika into their favorite goulash like true Hungarians, they have fun like Czechs, but swear like Ukrainians. These are the Poles living on the banks of the Danube. A separate word must be said about their delightful country - Slovakia. This is a fairy tale country where preserved the purest lakes, many hot healing springs, there are untouched reserved dense forests, mountains - majestic and picturesque, without signs of civilization: factories, garbage dumps, and to our delight, there are a lot of ancient castles and impregnable fortresses. You can appreciate these majestic natural beauties and great creations of human hands by being in one of the six (and this is a lot for little Slovakia) national parks. Two of these parks are located in the Tatras and Mala Fatras. Here you can stay at small hotel so that every day with pleasure wander along the mountain paths along the routes specially laid out for tourists. But you shouldn’t worry about food either, as there are a lot of authentic cafes and restaurants where you will be happy to be treated to the famous Slovak goulash and drink plum brandy, but if you don’t have the strength to get home, they will easily leave you to spend the night. You can entertain yourself here for every taste and budget. You can go down to mysterious caves or fly up in a hot air balloon to take in the breathtakingly beautiful surroundings from above. If you are more adventurous, then raft through the fast-flowing local river flows in a raft or kayak. Resting in the Tatras, you can take a bus or car to the glorious town of Cerveny Klastor, where you can go down the Danube raft with splashes and adrenaline. One of the most unique sights of Slovakia, a wonderful European country on the Danube, are well-preserved ancient wooden houses merchants of the seventeenth century and marvelous churches. To get to know this local marvel with its carved roofs, carved attic window in the attic, you will have to climb up to mountain villages Zilina region. The nineteenth century village museum "Oravskej Dediny" is located near Zuberek and is the most beautiful monument rural architecture outdoors in Europe. Slovakia has perfectly preserved its ancient castles, in Slovak "grads" with interesting and intricate architecture on the outside and beautiful frescoes and a rich collection of weapons inside. In general, I must say a trip to Slovakia is the very first thing for a fan of eco-tourism.

Hungary. A blue ribbon crosses the swift waters of the Danube, the very heart of Europe, or rather Hungary - a vacation country, a beautiful country, as they say locals, and well-worn tourists. Many people prefer to get their “health through water” here. The majestic waters of the Danube flowing here will restore peace and tranquility to your soul, you just have to admire its swift run from the high Buda hills, as if dipping their feet into the river. But Hungary is famous not only for its magnificent natural scenery, in its bowels lies real wealth - under 80% of the country's territory there are unique reserves of thermal and medicinal waters. Not in vain, in ancient times they said about this country standing on the Danube that here you can stick a staff into the ground in any place so that a wonderful healing spring. Now, Hungary has become - the healing baths of Europe. And the local bathing culture already has two thousand years behind it, as evidenced by well-preserved frescoes and mosaics, telling us that these waters were discovered by the ancient Romans. For many years they enjoyed these hot springs. And in the sixteenth century, the Turks, who seized dominance over this area, supported the tradition by building many of their baths here. In some of them you can take a steam bath to this day, and then plunge into the healing pools with mineral water, as the Turkish pashas actually did. Today, the whole of Hungary is entangled in water health routes. And its capital, Budapest, was awarded the honorary title of a resort city back in 1934, at the International Swimming Congress.

Budapest is the only city in the world where there are one hundred and eighteen natural springs and artificial wells, from which seventy million liters are supplied daily. thermal water, having a temperature of twenty-one to seventy-eight degrees - a real warm sea in a day! This amount is more than enough for two dozen baths, numerous balneological clinics, swimming pools, wellness centers,. Amazing in its impact, beauty treatment courses in Budapest are perfectly combined with its rich excursion and tourist program. Heviz is famous for its medical tourism. This most famous Hungarian balneological resort– a first-class place for the treatment of many diseases, thanks to its always warm thermal lake. There is another one nearby. famous lake Balaton, be sure to visit it. People go to the Hungarian Sarvar not only to take healing baths, but also to breathe healthy local air, saturated with water vapor and has a beneficial effect on lung function. Another Hungarian resort that gives its vacationers a lot of opportunities is Bük. The Bük hydropathic bath has six - thermal, four - medical, three - children's, three - specialized pools. Here you will be offered as a traditional treatment: massage, healing mud, hydrotherapy, but also beauty courses, thalassotherapy, weight loss courses. Wellness tourism is most often chosen by young couples, medical tours by older people, spa courses by middle managers.

Germany. The magnificent German region, through which the Danube flows, is called the Swabian Alb, it is located south of Stuttgart. From the north, the Swabian Alb has sharp elevation changes and is limited by them, its deep abysses are overgrown with dense forests, there are interesting hiking trails. They start from the town of Donauwert and run along the picturesque Alba ledge, on some mountain peaks there are impregnable medieval castles, ancient fortresses and ancient ruins, open to the public. Along the way, you can meet enclosures with local wild animals, natural clean streams, healing springs, nature reserves and mysterious stalactite caves. From the south, the Alb plateau reaches the majestic Danube, which flows through Germany. Your walking route will take you to beautiful valley Upper Danube and will end in the ancient city of Tuttlingen.

Croatia, Serbia. The Danube also flows through the territories of Croatia and Serbia. But after the war and gaining independence between the two states, in these places, many Danube territories are still considered controversial: sites in the vicinity of the cities of Osijek, Sombor - here sites are controlled by Serbia, part. The same disputed area is the island of Sharengrad, located on the Danube near the border of Croatia and Serbia. Near this island is a Croatian village with the same name, and the state affiliation of Sharengrad is disputed by both countries to this day. Another painful controversial topic between these two countries is the island of Vukovar, which is in the bed of the Danube, twenty meters from the Serbian coast, but not far from the Croatian one, only two hundred and fifty meters.

The Danube flows through Bulgarian territory, occupying a small part of it between the cities of Tutrakan and Silistra. It is about thirty kilometers from Varna. Silistra is ancient city the Danube right bank and, in fact, last city Bulgaria before the border with Romania, along the Danube. It's worth coming here to see it. historical heritage countries founded here back in 169 by the Romans, namely their famous emperor Marcus Aurelius. At the time of its founding, there appeared impregnable fortress, today its ruins are visible here and there. Recently, archaeologists have discovered ancient burials and ancient tombs here, their approximate dating is the fourth century. Silistra is one of the first towns in Bulgaria where Christianity spread from. Today it is a Bulgarian port city, standing on the Danube, in addition, a major cultural and shopping mall, connected by rail and road with the Bulgarian capital - Sofia and other major cities of the country. From here, across the Danube, ferries go to Romania, mooring at Romanian city Calarasi.

Romania. located in the northern part Balkan Peninsula and in the Lower Danube basin, has on its territory the longest hydrotechnical facility on this river - the sixty-four-kilometer navigable canal "Danube - Black Sea", built in 1984 near the city of Chornovoda and flowing into the Black Sea near the city of Constanta. And on May 20, 2013, another large bridge across the Danube was opened, connecting Bulgaria with Romania - the Kalafat-Vidin bridge. There is another bridge that tourists simply need, across Romanian territory, it is located between the settlements of Giurgiu and Ruse. Arriving in Romania, we recommend that you definitely visit the famous Danube Delta, which has other more poetic names - “paradise for birds”, “the most new earth Europe". The edge here is actually magical. Sometimes it seems that time has stopped here, and the vain modern world remained far away, at the mouth of the delta. The Danube Delta seems to be a real museum of nature, and its flora and fauna are unique throughout Europe. Used to be where the delta was now sea ​​bay, then turned into an estuary, and later into a delta. For almost five thousand years, a very small community lived in these territories in harmony with nature, without violating the amazing ecosystem of the Danube Delta in any way: fishing, animal husbandry, collecting reeds. And to this day you can see old villages here, completely untouched by time and retaining their original appearance. After all, they are completely isolated, and the only access here is the channels of the river delta. Therefore, if you appreciate natural shelters untouched by civilization, and also want to find peace, tranquility and silence around, enjoy unique landscapes then be sure to come to Romania to visit this great place on the Danube.

Moldova. Moldova, having no direct access to the sea, has access to the Danube River, its length coastline in this country - 950 meters. And the only port of Moldova on the Danube is Giurgiulesti, and even then, it is considered a territory in dispute with Ukraine, after the collapse of the USSR, when the borders between the republics were a rather arbitrary concept. But, today, it is Moldovan, and has a good location, right at the important intersection of international trade, transport routes- "Rhine-Main-Danube" this water corridor successfully connects it with the Black Sea, with another fourteen European countries and the North Sea. There is an exit to the railway connection, and to extensive network international highways.

Ukraine. On the Ukrainian territory, just below the city of Vilkovo, there is the youngest part of the Danube - the delta of the Kiliya branch, formed only four centuries ago, thanks to the Danube silt, in places of shallow sea waters. The place is reserved here, it is included in the Danube biosphere reserve National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Well, we answered the question: what countries are on the banks of the Danube? Crossing almost half of Europe, the Danube reads almost three thousand kilometers along its length. flowing through different countries he changes his appearance. Danube - haven different types animals, the oldest forests of Europe grow around it, there are different European capitals. We can safely say that the Danube is an international river, and in order to get to know it better, you will have to go a truly long way, visiting each Danubian country separately.

DANUBE (Greek ̓Ίστρος - Istria; lat. Danubius; German Donau; Hung. Duna; Czech. Dunaj; Serbian, Bulgarian. Dunav; Rum. Dunărea), a river in Europe, flows through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine; the second (after the Volga) in Europe in terms of length and water content. Presumably named by the Celts who lived in its upper reaches (Celtic Danu; Danu - impetuous, stormy, fast). The length is 2857 km, the basin area is 817 thousand km 2. The source of D. is considered to be the confluence of the small rivers Breg and Brigah on the eastern slopes of the Black Forest at an altitude of 676 m. It flows into the Black Sea, forming a delta. The average slope of the river is 0.24‰. More than 300 tributaries flow into the D. There are many mountain lakes (mainly in the Alps, Chiemsee, Attersee, and others), flat lakes (for example, Neusiedler See, Balaton), and floodplain lakes in the river basin. D. subdivided into Upper, Middle and Lower.

The Upper Danube (from the source to the Devinsky Gates - the narrowing of the valley at the junction of the spurs of the Eastern Alps with the Lesser Carpathians) - a typical mountain river, the channel and the valley have narrowing and widening. In the lower part of the section, the channel width is from 110 to 300–400 m. The main tributaries are: Iller, Lech, Isar, Inn, Enns (right), Altmühl, Nab, Regen, Morava (left). The Middle Danube is bounded by the Devinsky Gates and the Iron Gates, located in the gorge of Cataract, between the Southern Carpathians and the western spurs of the Stara Planina Mountains. In this section, the river crosses the Middle Danube Lowland. Below the city of Budapest, the direction of the current sharply changes from east to south, near the city of Belgrade it again turns east. The width of the channel increases to 800–1000 m. The Middle Danube receives many full-flowing tributaries, the largest being the Drava, Sava, Velika Morava (right), Vag, Gron, Ipel, Tisa, Timish (left). The Kataract Gorge was previously a rapid section of the channel 117 km long, its narrowest (up to 150–300 m) and deep places– Kazan and the Iron Gates. After construction Dzherdap reservoir this area is completely flooded.

The Lower Danube (from the Iron Gates to the mouth) flows through the Lower Danube Lowland. The width of the channel is from 700 to 1200 m. The main tributaries are: Timok, Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osam, Yantra (right), Jiu, Olt, Arjesh, Ialomitsa, Siret, Prut (left). The lower Danube ends with a large (4200 km 2) low-lying delta (80% of its area is located on the territory of Romania, 20% - in Ukraine). The Danish delta is characterized by numerous branches, channels, lakes, and floodplains. The total area of ​​intra-delta lakes, near-delta lakes-estuaries and lakes-lagoons is approx. 2000 km2. At the head of the delta, D. is divided into branches - the Kiliysky (left, 116 km long) and Tulchinsky (right, 17 km), which, in turn, is divided into the Sulinsky (76 km) and Georgievsky (after straightening 77 km) branches. The delta is highly biodiverse; here are St. 5000 species of plants and animals. The reed beds in the Delta of D. are the most extensive (1,560 km2) and compact in the world. Only here, on the deltaic lakes, there are "plaurs" - floating carpets of living and dead vegetation. In the delta of D. - the Danube Biosphere Reserves (Ukraine) and Danube Delta(Romania).

The feeding of the river is mixed (snow and rain). Long spring-summer floods and summer-autumn low water, as well as winter and autumn floods, are clearly distinguished. As a result of climate warming, early snowmelt and increased precipitation, floods in recent decades come at an earlier time, and its height has slightly increased. The construction of numerous reservoirs on the D. and its tributaries had almost no effect on the flow of water. Floods during floods and floods on the Middle and Lower Danube not only persisted, but also intensified (extreme floods in 2002 and floods in 2006, 2010). The magnitude of seasonal fluctuations in water levels on the Upper and Middle Danube is up to 6–8 m, on the Lower Danube - up to 4 m. The delta is affected by surge fluctuations in level up to ± 1–1.5 m. / s (annual runoff volume 205 km 3); the most abundant tributary is the Sava (50.8 km 3 /year). The runoff of suspended sediments is on average 36 million tons/year (before the construction of the Dzherdap reservoir, 50–65 million tons/year). Freezing on the Upper and Middle Danube is usually from mid-January to mid-February, on the Lower Danube - from late January to early February. In recent decades, the duration of the period with ice phenomena has decreased. The waters of Dagestan are polluted, and the concentration of heavy metals, petroleum products, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, phenols, and organic substances has increased. The main sources of pollution are wastewater from industrial enterprises, household and agricultural wastewater.

Water resources D. are widely used by the Danubian countries. Navigation issues are regulated by the Danube Commission (Budapest). D. is navigable from Regensburg (Germany). Main cargo transportation is carried out along the Middle and Lower Danube. In order to improve the conditions of navigation and protection from floods, the D. is regulated along its entire length by numerous dams, and dredging and channel straightening work is carried out in the shallow sections of the river and in the delta. In 1984 in Romania between river port Chernavoda and seaport Constanta opened a lockable navigable canal Danube - Black Sea. In the early 1990s the Danube - Main - Rhine canal was built, connecting the Black and North Sea. The large water potential of the river is used for energy purposes (the large hydroelectric complex "Jerdap-1" and "Jerdap-2" in Romania and Serbia, the cascade of hydroelectric power stations in Germany and Austria, the hydroelectric power station "Gabčíkovo" in Slovakia). Agriculture, catching and processing of fish are developed in the delta of D.; tourism. Largest cities and ports on the D. (downstream): Regensburg (Germany), Linz, Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Novi Sad, Belgrade (Serbia), Ruse (Bulgaria), Braila, Galati , Sulina (Romania), Reni, Izmail (Ukraine).

. Water flow length, carrying its waters through the lands of Central and of Eastern Europe, equal to 2872 km. The area of ​​the water basin is 817 thousand square meters. km. The fall of water from source to mouth is 678 meters. The river bed crosses or is the border of 10 states: Romania (29% of the basin area), Hungary (11.6%), Serbia (10.2%), Austria (10%), Germany (7%), Bulgaria (5. 9%), Slovakia (5.9%), Croatia (4.4%), Ukraine (3.8%) and Moldova (1.6%). If we take all the tributaries flowing into the river, then 9 more states are added, which account for 10.6%.

From source to mouth

Source

The water flow originates in the Black Forest mountain range. It is located in the southwestern part of Germany. The small German town of Donaueschingen (population 21,000) is located in these places. On the outskirts of the city, at an altitude of 678 meters above sea level, 2 mountain streams merge together: Breg and Brigah. It is they who unite into a rivulet, which gradually turns into one of the most important water arteries in Europe.

Upper, middle and lower reaches

The river is conditionally divided into upper, middle and lower reaches. The upper one is considered from the source to Vienna. This is a real mountain river. It flows in a narrow valley between the Alps and the Bohemian Massif, which is characterized by steep slopes. To the city of Ulm, the width of the water flow is 20-80 meters. Downstream, the channel expands and reaches a width of 100-300 meters. The flow velocity reaches 2.8 m/sec. In many places, the channel is fenced and straightened by dams.

The middle course is considered from Vienna to the gorge, called the Iron Gates. In this section, the channel runs along the Middle Danube Plain. The river valley is wide and varies from 5 to 20 km. The riverbed is quite winding and branched. The flow velocity is 0.7-1.1 m/s. In some places, the water flow breaks through the ridges and forms valleys. In such places, it narrows to 150 meters, and the depth increases to 20 meters. In the Kazan Gorge, the maximum depth reaches 70 meters.

The lower course crosses the Lower Danube Plain. It is considered from the Iron Gate gorge to the mouth. In this place, the Danube River is flat. The wide floodplain valley, the width of which reaches 10-20 km, branches into channels and branches. The width of the water flow reaches 2 km, the depth is 5-7 meters at a current speed of 1 m / s.

mouth

At the mouth, the river forms a delta, which in its area is second only to that of the Volga. Its area is 4150 sq. km. Of these, 3.5 thousand square meters. km are located on the territory of Romania, and the rest belongs to Ukraine. By its nature, the delta is swampy and indented with arms. There are 3 main sleeves or girls. These are Kiliyskoye, Georgievskoye and the main navigable - Sulinskoye. The delta is 75 km long and 65 km wide. Each arm creates its own deltas and flows into the Black Sea separately.

The Danube River on the map

Sleeves and tributaries

The river is characterized by branches. Some of them depart from the main water flow for more than 10 km. The longest are considered the Moson sleeve, Dunerya-Veke, the Small Danube, Borcha and Shoroksharsky. As for the tributaries, there are 300 of them. Of these, 34 are navigable.

It should be noted that the water flow basin is asymmetric. Its right-bank part accounts for 44%, and the right-bank part - 56%. Most of tributaries are located in the highlands, and there are very few of them on the flat landscape. The tributaries are mostly navigable. Of these, one can name Iller, Isar, Morava, Drava, Tisa, Prut, Siret and Hron.

Cities

On the banks of the mighty water stream there are many European cities. Four of them are capitals. This is Vienna, the capital of Austria. Belgrade is the capital of Serbia. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and Budapest is the capital of Hungary. Of the German cities can be called Regensburg in Bavaria. It stands at the confluence of the Regen and Danube tributaries. In Bulgaria, this is the city of Ruse, it is considered the 5th largest in the country.

Danube in Hungary

Shipping

Shipping is carried out all year round. In cold winters, it stops for a couple of months. More than 100 million tons of transport cargo is transported along the river per year. In 1992, the Main-Danube Canal was built in Bavaria. He connected the Danube with the Rhine through the Main River, and the water flow became part of the waterway from the Black Sea to the North. In the lower reaches there are Romanian and Ukrainian shipping channels. On them, large ships get from the river to the Black Sea.

Feeding the river

Food is rain, snow, glacial and ground. Flood and low water regimes are traced. The maximum water level is recorded in June, the minimum in the winter months - December, January, February. In the lower reaches, the maximum water level is observed during the flood period. These are the months of April and May. The smallest is recorded in the autumn months - September and October. The annual flow is 210 cubic meters. km. Water consumption is 6.4 thousand cubic meters. m/sec.

The Danube River is the most important transport artery in Europe. It is of great economic importance for most countries and provides water to a large number of cities. Without this water flow, life in a vast region would simply stop..

Alexander Arsentiev

The Danube was and remains primarily a natural border. In the past he served northern border Roman Empire. On its banks, the Romans built a defensive rampart against the attacks of the barbarians from the north. In 1683, the future of Christian Europe was decided here: the Austrians near Vienna inflicted a final defeat on the troops Ottoman Empire ousting Muslims from Western Europe.
Since the Danube has always been a navigable river, the most diverse tribes and peoples constantly met each other on its banks. All of them left behind masterpieces of art and culture - buildings in the rococo and baroque, gothic and classic styles are located along the river side by side with buildings of the Art Nouveau and ancient ruins. Water united people: the Balkans is the largest "melting pot" of Europe, in the Banat between the former Yugoslavia and Romania, Hungarians, Romanians, Serbs, Spaniards, Italians and many other peoples live together. Alas, they do not always get along peacefully with each other. A terrible example of what conflicts between neighbors lead to was the war in the former multinational state of Yugoslavia, the consequences of which are still being felt.

The river that connects peoples

Danube - the only river Europe, which flows through so many different states.

The Danube is formed from the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg near the city of Donaueschingen in the Upper Rhine graben. On its 2860 km long path, the second largest (after the river) European river flows through four capitals: Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade. In Romania, it flows into the Black Sea, forming a giant delta. Probably thousands of years ago, the Danube served as a transport artery, and since the beginning of the era of shipping in 1830, its economic importance has been constantly increasing. In the middle of the 19th century, neighboring states began to regulate and lock the river. It was necessary to mitigate the effects of periodic floods - for example, in 1830 Vienna was half flooded with water. The Danube has always been also a source drinking water. Disputes about the use of this precious resource periodically arise today. For example, Slovakia is building a hydropower system south of Bratislava to generate electricity. Initially, Hungary participated in this project, but now it categorically refuses to continue construction: the existence of a reservoir reduces the water level to a dangerous level and Budapest is already worried about the stability of supply drinking water. The intensive use of the river has upset the ecological balance of vast territories: little remains of the former abundance of fish, floodplain forests are drying up, many animal species that traditionally lived on the banks of the Danube are dying out.

general information

It flows through the territory of the following countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine.
Forms a boundary between: Austria and Slovakia, Slovakia and Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, Serbia and Romania, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as Romania and Ukraine.
The source of the Danube is located in the mountains of the Black Forest (Germany) near the city of Donaueschingen at an altitude of 678 m.

Numbers

Catchment area: 817 thousand km 2.

Water consumption: 6400 m 3 / s (second place in Europe after the Volga).
Delta area: 4152 km2.

Attractions

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe. The source of the river in Germany in the mountains of the Black Forest.

It flows through the territory of many states - Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania and others. The Danube falls into the Black Sea.

The Danube River originates in the territory Germany, in the mountains Black Forest. The length of the river is 2960 km. The Danube flows or is the border of ten states. The Danube flows into the Black Sea, forming a huge delta in Romania and Ukraine.

As already mentioned, the handsome Danube begins on the slopes of the Schwazwald mountain range in Germany. Its source is considered to be the confluence of two mountain streams Brigah and Brege near German city Donaueschingen. From this place to the Black Sea coast is exactly 2783 kilometers, although in the literature the figure of 2960 kilometers is more common without indicating exact location source. However, the Danube is still the largest river in Western Europe, and given that it is connected by a navigable canal to the Rhine, through the Main River, then along the Danube you can directly cross the entire continent from the Black Sea to the Baltic. The mouth of the Danube is located between Romania and Ukraine and is a huge delta with an area of ​​5,500 square kilometers. It consists of three main girls and about 10 minor ones.

The Danube is an ancient river, for a long time near it settled first the Indo-Europeans, then the Slavs. No wonder, because the Danube River is full of fish. The Danube begins its journey in Germany, flows through eight European countries and flows into the Black Sea.

Danube flows into the Black Sea.

Danube river flows through Europe, originates in the mountains of the Black Forest (Germany) and carries its waters to the east, crossing the territories of 10 countries. On the picturesque banks of the Danube are located beautiful cities Europe - Budapest, Vienna, Belgrade, Bratislava.

The Danube ranks second in Europe among rivers in length (2960 km), second only to the Volga. It is also inferior to the Volga in terms of the mouth area.

The Danube is the longest river in Europe after the Volga. This famous river flows through the territory or borders of ten states.

The source of the Danube begins in Germany, in the Black Forest mountains, and this river flows to the Black Sea. The Danube Delta is the second largest after the Volga. The main part of the delta (about 83%) is located on the territory of Romania and 17% - in Ukraine.

1) The Danube River originates in the mountains of Baden-Württemberg (Black Forest / Germany), being fed from two streams Brega (it is longer, see) and Brig; the place of their confluence is considered to be the beginning of the Danube



There are many legends and fairy tales about the Danube, and no wonder, because after the source (Near Immendingen) it disappears through the ground, and only after 12 km it breaks out of the ground with the Aah key.

2) The Danube Delta is the second largest after the Volga, most of it is located on the territory of Romania, the smaller -in Ukraine, total area 4152 km, all this is a protected biosphere reserve.

3) The Danube River flows into the Black Sea.

The Danube begins after the connection of two mountain streams in the Black Forest mountain range in southwestern Germany. These are the Breg and Brigah streams. The first has a length of 48 kilometers, the second 43 kilometers. Nearby is the small German town of Donaueschingen. It is curious that 30 kilometers after the confluence, the Danube disappears underground through cracks in the limestone and only after 30 kilometers is shown again on the surface.

After the Volga, the Danube is the longest river in Europe and carries its waters through the lands of 10 countries and is navigable almost along its entire course. From the beginning of the source to Vienna, he is mountain river with a high current speed of 3 meters per second. From Vienna to the passage in the mountains at the Iron Gates, the river is already calmer and wider. Behind the Iron Gates, the Lower Danube Plain begins and the width of the river already reaches 2 kilometers.

The delta with an area of ​​4150 kilometers opens into the Black Sea, a small part of it belongs to Romania, the rest belongs to Ukraine. There are three main branches: the Sulina, along which navigation is carried out, the less significant Georgievskoye, Kiliyskoye and many small channels.

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union. it flows through the territory of as many as 10 states: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine. The Danube originates in Germany - in the mountains of the Black Forest.

flows into the Black Sea



The Danube River flows into Black Sea, forming a delta, and originates on the eastern slopes of the Black Forest.

The Danube flows into the Black Sea with 3 main branches (the so-called branches or channels in the deltas major rivers): Georgievsky (southern), Sulinsky (middle), Kiliya (southern).

The length of the Dnieper River is 2,850 kilometers, and the basin area of ​​​​this river is 817,000 square kilometers.