This is a list of
tributaries of the
Danube by order of entrance.
The Danube is
Europe's second-longest
river. It starts in the
Black Forest in
Germany as two smaller rivers—the
Brigach and the
Breg—which join at
Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar '' Kreis''. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Da ...
, and it is from here that it is known as the Danube, flowing generally eastwards for a distance of some , passing through several Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the
Black Sea via the
Danube Delta
The Danube Delta ( ro, Delta Dunării, ; uk, Дельта Дунаю, Deľta Dunaju, ) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Ro ...
in
Romania.
The Danube flows through—or forms a part of the borders of—ten countries:
Germany,
Austria,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
Croatia,
Serbia,
Bulgaria,
Romania,
Moldova, and
Ukraine; in addition, the drainage basin includes parts of nine more countries:
Poland,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
,
Italy,
Czech Republic,
Slovenia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro,
North Macedonia and
Albania.
See also
*
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
Notes
References
* ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1985); Prosveta-Beograd;
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;
* ''Atlas svijeta'', Fifth edition (1974); Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod-Zagreb;
* Donaukommission - Die Donau von Kelheim bis Sulin
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