Danube (not M. Donau, hungary Duna, rum. Dunărea) - the second longest river in Europe. The length of the Danube is 2,888 km, and its source is in the Black Forest mountains, in the town of Furtwangen, and its mouth is in Romania. The river flows through a total of 10 European countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.
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Characteristic
The Danube is one of the greatest tourist attractions in Central and Eastern Europe. For centuries, this river was an important communication route and a border between different countries. It has as many as four capitals, as well as many smaller and interesting cities. Most of the area surrounding the Danube is mountains and highlands, and the only depressions are the Hungarian Plain and the Wallachian Plain.
Tourism
In addition to many famous and famous Danube landmarks, the river valley features numerous national and landscape parks such as the Upper Danube Nature Park in Germany, the Wachau and the Donau-Auen National Park in Austria, the Iron Gate between Serbia and Romania, and the Romanian-Ukrainian river delta.
Canoeing and rowing trips take place on non-navigable stretches of the river closed to regular traffic. Due to its cultural and natural values, many important tourist routes have been marked out along the river, e.g. Donauradweg (Danube Bicycle Road).
Regular tourist cruises are also organized on the Danube. Apart from the most crowded section Vienna - Budapest, individual ships sail from Passau to the Danube Delta. In the high season, there are over 70 ships on the river that make regular passenger cruises.
Cities on the Danube
- Ulm
- Ingolstadt
- Regensburg
- Linz
- Vienna
- Bratislava
- Győr
- Budapest
- Novi Sad
- Belgrade
- Ruse
- She was taking
- Galah
- Izmail
Tributaries
Iller, Lech, Altmühl, Naab, Regen, Izara, Inn, Traun, Aniza, Kamp, Litawa, Morawa, Raba, Wag, Hron, Ipola, Cisa, Drawa, Sawa, Temesh, Great Morava, Timok, Jiu, Iskyr, Aluta , Yantra, Vedea, Ardzesz, Jałomisa, Seret, Prut
Nature conservation
Upper Danube Nature Park, Donauleiten Reserve, Donau-Auen National Park, Danube-Ipola National Park, Kopački rit Nature Park, Deliblatska Peščara Reserve, Đerdap National Park, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve