Danube River

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Key facts
Countries | Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine |
Major cities | Ulm, Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Linz, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Ruse, Brăila and Galați |
Main source | Breg |
Location | Furtwangen im Schwarzwald (Germany) |
Elevation | 1 078 m (3 537 ft) |
Secondary source | Brigach |
Location | St. Georgen im Schwarzwald (Germany) |
Elevation | 940 m (3 080 ft) |
Source confluence | |
Location | Donaueschingen (Germany) |
Elevation | 686 m (2 251 ft) |
Mouth | Black Sea |
Location | Danube Delta (Romania and Ukraine) |
Elevation | 0 m (0ft) |
Length | 2850 km (1 770 mi) |
Basin size | 801 463 km² (309 447 sq mi) |
Discharge | At the Danube Delta |
Average | around 6 500 m³/s (230 000 cu ft/s) |
Minimum | 1 790 m³/s (63 000 cu ft/s) |
Maximum | 15 900 m³/s (560 000 cu ft/s) |