• Key Information

  • Danube River

  • Type
    River
  • Discharge Volume
    Up to 560,000 cubic feet a second
  • Length
    1,770 miles
  • Countries along the River
    Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine
  • Learning Point
  • The Danube River is the second longest river in Europe, and passes through nine different counties, and many cities, towns and villages.
  • In the future, the Danube may change course, perhaps entering into the Rheine River. This is called Stream Capturing.
  • Project
  • Draw the River Danube as it passes one of the cities along its bank.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Europe
  • Fun Facts
  • The main source of the river is at Breg in Germany.
  • 1,501 miles of the river can be travelled along by boats and ships, and is linked to the North Sea by the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal.
  • The Danube passes through four capital cities, more than any other river in the world.
  • Five more capital cities lie in the Danube's basin: Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo.