Prelims ask
Ten countries, Black Forest, east, Black Sea, Iron Gates, delta.
Europe
Danube
The most international river on the usual list. Not the longest in Europe.
- Source
- Black Forest, Germany, at the meeting of the Breg and the Brigach.
- Countries
- Ten on the main stem: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine.
- Direction
- East.
- Mouth
- Black Sea.
- Length
- About 2,850 km.
- Major tributaries
- Inn, Drava, Sava, Tisza, Morava, Prut.
- Delta or estuary
- Delta shared by Romania and Ukraine.
- Basin
- Cuts the Carpathians at the Iron Gates. Capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade.
- One exam fact
- The Inn is the Alpine tributary. The Danube’s own source is not in the Alps.
Mains use
The examination’s standard international river. Use for ‘course across political units’ and for a breakthrough gorge.