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Europe's second-longest river, flowing about 2,850 km from Germany's Black Forest to the Black Sea through ten countries.
The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe after the Volga, flowing about 2,850 km from its source in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany southeastwards to the Black Sea. It passes through or forms the border of ten countries, more than any other river in the world, and flows through four national capitals. Since the completion of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in 1992, it has formed part of a continuous inland waterway connecting the North Sea to the Black Sea.
Type: PhenomenonLength of about 2,850 km, the second-longest river in Europe after the Volga
Rises in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany and drains into the Black Sea
Flows through or borders ten countries, more than any other river on earth
Passes through four national capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade
Connected to the North Sea via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, completed in 1992
Forms a large delta at its mouth on the Black Sea
Frequency: Major world rivers and the capitals situated on them are a staple of SSC and railway General Awareness papers
About 2,850 km
Second-longest, after the Volga
Black Forest, southwestern Germany
Black Sea
Ten — Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine
Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade
Completed 1992, linking the North Sea to the Black Sea
The Danube is the textbook example of an international river, and of the governance problems that come with one. Ten states share it, and what one does upstream — abstracting water, discharging effluent, building a barrage — is felt by every state downstream. That interdependence has produced one of the world's more developed river-basin governance regimes, and also one of the best-known international water disputes, the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros case between Hungary and Slovakia decided by the International Court of Justice. Its lessons are directly relevant to India's own transboundary rivers, where similar upstream-downstream asymmetries shape relations with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and China.
Danube: Europe's second-longest river at about 2,850 km, after the Volga
Source: Black Forest, Germany. Mouth: Black Sea
Flows through or borders ten countries — more than any river in the world
Four capitals on the river: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, 1992, connects the North Sea to the Black Sea
Forms a large delta at its Black Sea mouth
The Danube is about 2,850 km long, making it the second-longest river in Europe after the Volga.
Four national capitals stand on the river: Vienna in Austria, Bratislava in Slovakia, Budapest in Hungary and Belgrade in Serbia.
Ten — Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine. This is more than any other river in the world.
It rises in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany and flows southeast for about 2,850 km before draining into the Black Sea.