Drava
The Drava or Drave (German: Drau, pronounced [ˈdʁaʊ] ⓘ; Slovene: Drava [ˈdɾàːʋa]; Croatian: Drava [drǎːʋa]; Hungarian: Dráva [ˈdraːvɒ]; Italian: Drava [ˈdraːva]), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. With a length of 710km, or 724km, if the length of its Sextner Bach source is added, it is the fifth or sixth longest tributary of the Danube, after the Tisza, Sava, Prut, Mureș and likely Siret. The Drava drains an area of about 40,154 square kilometers. Its mean annual discharge is seasonally 500m³/s to 670m³/s. Its source is near the market town of Innichen, in the Puster Valley of South Tyrol, Italy. The river flows eastwards through East Tyrol and Carinthia in Austria into the Styria region of Slovenia. It then turns southeast, passing through northern Croatia and, after merging with its main tributary the Mur, forms most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek, in Croatia.
| Drava or Drave Drau, Dráva | |
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The Drava in Osijek, Croatia | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | North of the Neunerkofel/Cima Nove over the Toblacher Feld/Sella di Dobbiaco |
| • location | Toblach/Dobbiaco, South Tyrol/Alto Adige, Italy |
| • coordinates | 46°43′9″N 12°15′16″E |
| • elevation | 1450 m (4760 ft) |
| Mouth | Danube near Osijek |
• location | Croatia |
• coordinates | 45°32′38″N 18°55′31″E |
| Length | 709.8 km (441.0 mi) |
| Basin size | 40154 km2 (15504 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Osijek, Croatia (19.8 km upstream of mouth) |
| • average | 552 m3/s (19,500 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 125 m3/s (4,400 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 3,000 m3/s (110,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Belišće, Croatia (53.8 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 38500 km2 (14900 sq mi) |
| • average | 544 m3/s (19,200 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 160 m3/s (5700 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 2232 m3/s (78800 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barcs, Hungary (154.1 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 33977 km2 (13119 sq mi) |
| • average | 486 m3/s (17,200 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896-2014)595 m3/s (21000 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 114 m3/s (4000 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896-2014)170 m3/s (6000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 3040 m3/s (107000 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896-2014)3070 m3/s (108000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ormož, Slovenia (312.8 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 15379 km2 (5938 sq mi) |
| • average | 292 m3/s (10,300 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 28 m3/s (990 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 1,994 m3/s (70,400 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lavamünd, Austria (413.3 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 11052 km2 (4267 sq mi) |
| • average | 280 m3/s (9,900 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 95 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 2400 m3/s (85000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Danube→ Black Sea |