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The Danube (In German: Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *ānu, meaning "to flow, run", Slovak Dunaj, Hungarian Duna, Romanian Dunăre, Old Norse Duná, Turkish Tuna, ancient Greek Istros, Serbo-Croatian Dunav/Дунав, Bulgarian and Macedonian Дунав, Russian Дунай) is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance of some 2850 km (1771 miles), passing through several Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.

Trivia about danube

  • With 4, more national capitals are located on this river than any other river in the world
  • This "Beautiful Blue" river is blue for only part of its length; mostly it's brown or sepia-colored
  • The Hungarians call this "Beautiful Blue" river the Duna
  • Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, lies on this "Beautiful Blue" river
  • Major tributaries of this beautiful blue river include the Inn of Austria & Germany & the Tisza of Hungary
  • Vienna & Bratislava
  • The Hungarian Parliament building lies on a bank of this river
  • The Iron Gates Gorge between Serbia & Romania was carved by this river
  • Almost all of Austria's rivers flow into this beautiful blue one
  • The Morava in Moravia empties into this river, one of Europe's chief waterways
  • The Hungarians call this river the Duna
  • In 1992 Slovaks altered this river's course on the border of Slovakia & Hungary to improve navigation
  • Rising in the Black Forest, it's the second longest river in Europe
  • The Breg & the Brigach unite at Donaueschingen, Germany to form this second-longest river in Europe
  • I could hum a tune about this river, the only major one in Europe to flow from west to east
  • In Hungary this river is known as the Duna
  • This “Blue” river runs from the Black Forest to the Black Sea
  • This "beautiful blue" river begins as 2 small springs, the Breg & Brigach, in the Black Forest
  • The delta of this major European river is in Romania
  • A bridge over this river will connect Vidin, Bulgaria with Calafat, Romania
  • Completed in 1849, the chain bridge over this river linked the cities of Buda and Pest
  • Beautiful Margaret Island in this river has been a Budapest park for more than 100 years
  • Belgrade
  • In 1992 Hungary adbandoned its venture with Czechoslovakia to build 2 huge dams on this river
  • The capital city of Bucharest is on the Dimbovita River, a tributary of this larger, more fabled river
  • This river springs from 2 small streams in the Black Forest, the Breg & the Brigach
  • Johann Becher had to leave Austria after an unsuccessful effort to turn this river's sands into gold
  • Vienna & Belgrade
  • In 376, harassed by the Huns, the Goths crossed this second-longest European river
  • After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea
  • Gabcikovo(To be Gabcikovo-Nagymaros when the Hungarians build their half)
  • Under the Petofi Bridge in Budapest:this river
  • The Sava River is a tributary of this river that flows through Serbia
  • Belgrade
  • Vienna, Austria
  • The "Magyar capital" is divided by this major river
  • Strauss' Beautiful Blue body of water(6)
  • Female figures symbolizing the Tisza, Drava & Sava Rivers appear on the Budapest fountain named for this river
  • The Chain & Elizabeth Bridges cross this river to connect Buda & Pest
  • In the 1840s Ida Pfeiffer of Austria published an account of her trip along this long river to the Black Sea
  • The northern boundary of the Balkan Peninsula is mostly defined by 2 rivers: the Sava & this one
  • Bratislava

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