What are some physical features of Danube river?

The basin of the middle Danube exhibits two main features: the flatland of the Little Alfold and Great Alfold plains and the low peaks of the Western Carpathians and Transdanubian Mountains. Kazan Gorge, cut by the Danube River, on the border of Serbia (left) and Romania (right).

1. In which physical feature can you find the source of the Danube River?
2. What is unique about the Danube River?
3. What are two facts about the Danube River?
4. Why is the Danube called Blue?
5. What continent is the Danube river in?
6. How do you spell Danube?
7. How does the Danube river flow?
8. How are the Rhine and Danube Rivers different?
9. Is the Danube polluted?
10. What country does the Danube River end?
11. What countries does the Danube River either touch or run through?

In which physical feature can you find the source of the Danube River?

The Danube River is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga River in Russia. Its source lies in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany; it flows for approximately 2,850 kilometers (1,770 miles) to its mouth at the Black Sea.

What is unique about the Danube River?

Its immense volume of water makes the Danube one of Central Europe's most vital sources of fresh drinking water. The river supplies millions of people with drinking water, particularly residents of the German city Stuttgart. Through the Bavarian canal system, the Danube connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Black Sea.

What are two facts about the Danube River?

The Danube is one of the world's greatest rivers. It is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga River, and also the longest river in the European Union region. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe. The Danube flows through 10 countries.

Why is the Danube called Blue?

The premiere of the Waltz For Choir at Vienna's Dianabadsaal (Diana Bath Hall) took place on February 15, 1867. ... Twenty-three years later, Franz von Gernerth, a member of the Austrian Supreme Court, composed a more dignified text for the melodies of the waltz: "Donau, so blau, so blau" ("Danube, so blue, so blue").

What continent is the Danube river in?

With a total area of over 800,000 km², the Danube River Basin covers 10% of Continental Europe. While the main river flows through ten countries, the full basin including its tributaries covers nine more. It is a unique artery through the heart of Europe, connecting East to West, and Black Forest to Black Sea.

How do you spell Danube?

a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea.

How does the Danube river flow?

The Danube rises in Germany's Black Forest, flows through the heartland of Austria, forms the border with Austria and Slovakia, then Slovakia and Hungary, before flowing through Hungary, into Croatia and Serbia, to then form the boundary between Serbia and Romania, then Romania and Bulgaria, where it finally empties ...

How are the Rhine and Danube Rivers different?

Differences Between Rhine River and Danube River Cruises

The Rhine is also a busier river, so you'll be sharing the waterway at times with larger vessels that aren't as cute as yours. The Danube tends to be greener and more rural. Both rivers also have lock systems that your ship will go through.

Is the Danube polluted?

Heavily polluted by communism's industries, and with an ancient fish species in critical danger due to extensive damming and illegal fishing, the River Danube is no stranger to a turbulent time. ... A combination of dams, pollution and illegal fishing has driven this 200 million-year-old fish to the brink of extinction.

What country does the Danube River end?

The lower course of the Danube forms the border between Bulgaria and Romania, through a broad drainage basin between the Carpathian and Balkan mountain ranges to the north and south. The river ends in a vast DELTA in Romania, the largest in Europe, with an area of 1,700 square mi (4,345 square km).

What countries does the Danube River either touch or run through?

The longest river in the European Union, the Danube River is the second-longest river in Europe after Russia's Volga. It begins in the Black Forest region of Germany and runs through 10 countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine) on its way to the Black Sea.