DANUBE (Greek ̓Ίστρος - Istr; Latin Danubius; German Donau; Hung. Duna; Czech. Dunaj; Serbian, Bulgarian Dunav; Romanian Dunărea), a river in Europe, flows through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine; second (after the Volga) in Europe in terms of length and water content. Presumably named by the Celts who lived in its upper reaches (Celt. Danu; Danu - impetuous, stormy, fast). Length 2857 km, basin area 817 thousand km 2. The source of the D. is considered to be the confluence of the small rivers Breg and Brigach on the eastern slopes of the Black Forest at an altitude of 676 m. It flows into the Black Sea, forming a delta. The average slope of the river is 0.24‰. More than 300 tributaries flow into D. In the river basin there are many mountain (mainly in the Alps, Chiemsee, Attersee, etc.), lowland (for example, Neusiedler See, Balaton) and floodplain lakes. D. is divided into Upper, Middle and Lower.
Upper Danube (from the source to the Devin Gate - the narrowing of the valley at the junction of the spurs of the Eastern Alps with the Lesser Carpathians) - typical mountain river, the channel and valley have narrowings and expansions. In the lower part of the section, the width of the channel is from 110 to 300–400 m. The main tributaries: Iller, Lech, Isar, Inn, Enns (right), Altmühl, Nab, Regen, Morava (left). The Middle Danube is limited by the Devin Gate and the Iron Gate, located in the Cataract Gorge, between the Southern Carpathians and the western spurs of the Stara Planina Mountains. In this section the river crosses the Middle Danube Lowland. Below the city of Budapest the direction of the current sharply changes from east to south, and near the city of Belgrade it turns east again. The width of the channel increases to 800–1000 m. The Middle Danube receives many full-flowing tributaries, the largest being the Drava, Sava, Velika Morava (right), Vag, Hron, Ipel, Tisa, Timis (left). The Cataract Gorge was previously a rapids section of the riverbed 117 km long; its narrowest (up to 150–300 m) and deepest places are Kazane and Iron Gates. After construction Djerdap reservoir this area is completely flooded.
The Lower Danube (from the Iron Gate to the mouth) flows through the Lower Danube Lowland. The width of the channel is from 700 to 1200 m. The main tributaries: Timok, Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osam, Yantra (right), Jiu, Olt, Argesh, Yalomitsa, Siret, Prut (left). The Lower Danube ends with a large (4200 km 2) low-lying delta (80% of its area is located in Romania, 20% in Ukraine). The Danish delta is characterized by numerous branches, channels, lakes, and floodplains. total area intra-delta lakes, delta lake-estuaries and lake-lagoons approx. 2000 km 2. At the top of the delta, D. is divided into branches - Kiliya (left, length 116 km) and Tulchinsky (right, 17 km), which, in turn, is divided into Sulinsky (76 km) and Georgievsky (after straightening 77 km) branches. The delta is highly biodiverse; here they count St. 5000 species of plants and animals. The reed beds in the Danish delta are the most extensive (1,560 km 2) and compact in the world. Only here, on delta lakes, are there “plaurs” - floating carpets of living and dead vegetation. In the Danube delta there are the Danube Biosphere Reserves (Ukraine) and Danube Delta(Romania).
The river is fed by mixed water (snow and rain). Long spring-summer floods and summer-autumn low water periods, as well as winter and autumn floods, are clearly distinguished. As a result of climate warming, early snowmelt and increased precipitation, floods in last decades comes in more early dates, and its height increased slightly. The construction of numerous reservoirs on the D. and its tributaries had almost no effect on water flow. Floods during floods and floods on the Middle and Lower Danube not only persisted, but also intensified (extreme floods in 2002 and floods in 2006, 2010). The magnitude of seasonal fluctuations in water levels on the Upper and Middle Danube is up to 6–8 m, on the Lower Danube – up to 4 m. The delta is influenced by surge fluctuations in level up to ±1–1.5 m. The average long-term water flow at the top of the delta is 6500 m3 /s (annual flow volume 205 km 3); the most abundant tributary is the Sava (50.8 km 3 /year). The suspended sediment flow is on average 36 million tons/year (before the construction of the Djerdap reservoir 50–65 million tons/year). Freeze-up on the Upper and Middle Danube is usually from mid-January to mid-February, on the Lower Danube - from late January to early February. In recent decades, the duration of the period with ice phenomena has decreased. The waters of D. are polluted, the concentration of heavy metals, petroleum products, nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, phenols and organic matter. The main sources of pollution are wastewater industrial enterprises, domestic and agricultural wastewater.
Water resources D. are widely used by the Danube countries. Shipping issues are regulated by the Danube Commission (Budapest). D. is navigable from Regensburg (Germany). Basic cargo transportation is carried out along the Middle and Lower Danube. To improve navigation conditions and protect against floods, the river is regulated along its entire length by numerous dams, and dredging and channel straightening work is being carried out in shallow sections of the river and in the delta. In 1984, the Danube-Black Sea lock shipping canal was opened in Romania between the river port of Cernavoda and the seaport of Constanta. In the early 1990s. the Danube-Main-Rhine canal was built, connecting the Black and North Sea. The river’s large water potential is used for energy purposes (large hydroelectric complex “Jerdap-1” and “Jerdap-2” in Romania and Serbia, a cascade of hydroelectric power stations in Germany and Austria, hydroelectric power station “Gabčíkovo” in Slovakia). In the delta of D. developed Agriculture, fishing and fish processing; tourism. The largest cities and ports on the D. (downstream): Regensburg (Germany), Linz, Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Novi Sad, Belgrade (Serbia), Ruse (Bulgaria), Braila , Galati, Sulina (Romania), Reni, Izmail (Ukraine).
) originates from the Breg stream, which, joining into one channel with another stream, Brigach, takes the name Danube. The source of Breg lies 7 km north-northwest of Furtwangen, at an altitude of 1000 meters above the sea surface, between the Rossek and Brigbrain mountains, and Brigach begins almost 9 kilometers to the east, 4 kilometers southwest of St. George, flows through Billingen, which lies only 5 km from the sources of the Neckar, and under the city of Donaueschingen, receiving a stream flowing from the castle garden of this city and formerly considered the source of the Danube, it unites into one channel with the Breg stream. The area where these three streams merge is a marshy plain. From here the river takes the name Danube and flows first to the SE, maintaining the direction of Brega, but soon changes it to the SE, which it continues to the city of Regensourg, where it again turns to the SE and flows in this direction to the city of Passau. This city is generally considered to be the terminus of the Upper Danube; from here to the Iron Gates there is the Middle Danube, and from the Iron Gates to the mouth the Lower Danube.
IN upper reaches The Danube runs first from the southern foot of the Swabian Jura to the city of Donauwerth, from here to Regensburg - at the foot of the Frankish Jura. Flowing through this mountainous area, the Danube, with a large slope, is very fast, especially near Ulm, at an altitude of 469 meters. To Ulm, along the right bank there are covered mountains, although in some places there are small swampy ones, and from Ulm, under which the Danube, having received its first tributary Iller, becomes navigable (with a width of 78 meters), its right bank becomes completely flat, the left one remains mountainous and rocky.
The Middle Danube near Passau, the river receives the tributary Inn, causing it to almost double, and, leaving the elevated plains of Bavaria, enters the valley, and its right bank lies in. Already beyond Passau, a gorge begins, stretching over an area of about 120 kilometers to Krems and formed on one side by the southern spurs of the Bohemian Forest, Greinerwald and Mangartswald, and on the other by the northern spurs of the Alps (Sauwald). Here the Danube bed is filled with stones and cluttered, forming the famous Strudel rapids. The water divides into frantic streams around the island, on which the ancient castle of Werfenstein stands in ruins, and rushes rapidly in the general channel, which narrows here to only 146 meters. In the past, a mass of water hit the large isolated rock of Gausstein and formed a terrible whirlpool, but in 1854 the rock was blown up and the path through the rapids ceased to be difficult. Not far from here, the Danube emerges from the mountain gorges, spreads out like a wide tablecloth and is divided into many branches, between which are low-lying islands, the so-called “Auen”, covered with thick grass and overgrown with willows, aspen and poplars. The river bed branches out in the form of many bends, some of which are convenient for navigation, others are cluttered with sandy shoals and gradually turn into swamps. Constrained once again by parts of the Vienna Woods, which it interrupted, the Danube enters the Lower Austrian Lowland, representing the bottom of the ancient lake through which it once flowed. Here it is as corrected in Lately The riverbed flows near the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. South part this half has been densely populated for a long time; manufacturing industry is in full swing everywhere, but the country along the northern bank of the river, towards Moravia, Marchfeld, has only recently become covered with cornfields: in the Middle Ages, German emperors deliberately left these places uninhabited and uncultivated in order to be able to defend without much labor its limits from the invasion of wild hordes. From here, at the confluence of the Morava River, the Danube leaves the Austrian-German and enters the borders of Hungary, where it is replaced by the last spurs of the Alps and the foothills of the Lesser Mountains. Having passed the “Hungarian Gate” under Devin (130 m above sea level) and Presburg, the Danube enters the Hungarian Plain and spreads widely on its sloping banks. Here it takes on the character of a real big river with changeable, indefinite banks, except in those places where mountains approaching the water itself cause the river to narrow again for a while. The Danube washes away the banks here, causing large masses of earth to collapse, which are then deposited in the riverbed or near the other shore in the form of numerous sandbanks, sandy arrows and spits, and even entire islands and islets. All this is overgrown with reeds, bushes and trees. Here the banks of the river are densely populated. Of the many islands, two that lie below Pressburg stand out: big islands: Big and Small Schuttes. The first of them (87 kilometers long and about 25 kilometers wide) is called Tsalokez by its inhabitants, and Zhitny Island has about 200 villages. Little Schuette is about 48 kilometers long. Divided into three channels, the Danube again unites into one channel near the city of Komorno and flows in an easterly direction to the city of Gran, again breaking through the “Visegrad Passage” between the protrusions of the Bacon Forest protruding to the south and the foothills of the Novograd Carpathians from the north under the mountains. Weizen D. turns quite sharply to the south and, having passed the Hungarian capital, where its height above sea level is 110 meters, enters the large Hungarian plain-lowland (Alfeld). This area has a character: a huge low-lying plain, in which no significant elevations can be seen over a large area, striking the observer with its monotony both in the nature of the area, both in the plant and animal kingdoms, even the people here are the same throughout almost the entire space most. In Alfeld, the Danube spreads widely and flows slowly between two sloping banks, in places forming real swamps and swamps; otherwise, in a wide channel, islands rise from the applied river waters land or next to the main channel there are numerous branches separated from it, which subsequently merge again with the main river. The most significant of the islands on the Danube in this place are Szent András (between Weizen, Buda), then Csepel, Szar and Margita near Mogacs. Near Buda the depth is 8-12 meters, the width of the Danube here is about 1000 meters, and between Benek and Feldvar it is 570-1260 meters. Below the confluence of the Drava near Vukovar, the Danube is pushed to the ESE by the Sirmian hills (Fruska Gora, see) and flows to Peterwardein (82 m) and Slankamn. Here it receives the largest of its tributaries, the second artery of the Alfeld, the river. Tissu, and flows in the direction of the city of Zemlin, under which its width reaches 1560 m, depth up to 14 m; from here it goes to Belgrade and receives its main right tributary, the Sava; from this point it forms the border between and to Orsova, or Rshava. Near the town of Bazias, the mountains squeezed the river into a gorge for about 130 km to the town of Kladova. This gorge is called Klissura, or the Iron Gate. In this gorge, the height of the Danube above sea level goes from 37.3 to 11 m; with such a strong slope, the river acquires extreme rapidity of flow and is compressed on both sides to the point of incredible (from 1900 meters, its width in the Iron Gate reaches 100 m, and in one place even up to 60 meters); its depth here from 20 meters reaches 50 m and even 75 meters, and the water fall, equal to 4 cm under Baziash. per 1 km, here in Iron Gate it reaches 540 m; These difficulties for navigation are also compounded by the fact that the river bottom is in many places strewn with underwater rocks and stones.
The Lower Danube begins at the river's exit from the Iron Gate. Here it again enters a more level area, flows with many bends, first to the south, and then, gradually turning to the east in an unbent semicircle, past the town. Vidin, Nikopol, Sistov, Rushchuk, Salistria with a width of 700-1000 meters. and a slight fall passes along the edge of the Great Wallachian Plain among a wide swampy lowland, cut by numerous branches, with huge puddles of stagnant water. At Cernavoda, separated from the sea by only 50 km, the Danube, meeting the flat hills of Dobrudzha, suddenly changes its east. direction and, bypassing it, turns through Girshova and Brailov to the north. In this space it is divided into a whole labyrinth of branches. Only after the confluence of the Seret the Danube again takes its main eastern direction and receives the Prut on the left side. At a distance of about 7 km above Tulcea, the Danube forms its delta. This is a huge (about 2558 square kilometers) swampy plain, overgrown with high reeds (up to 3 meters in height), in which herds of buffalo and flocks of various water birds find shelter and wolves prowl. The extreme branches of this delta lie 89 km from one another. Of these, the left (northern) one, divided into several parts and overflowing like a lake, passing through Izmail, flows into the Kiliya branch, passing 101 km and bringing with it 63% of all Danube water into the sea. The right branch beyond Tulcea is divided into Sulina (middle) and St. George (southern). The Sulina branch, after the second division, runs another 90 km, staying almost straight to the east, and flows into, bringing it only 7.4% of the Danube water. This is the most navigable of the Danube branches; its depth reaches 16 meters, on the shallows there are about 5 meters, and before it flows into the sea there is also a significant shallow. This depth was achieved thanks to extensive hydraulic engineering work carried out after the war. The St. George Arm stretches after the second division over a space of 110 kilometers, has a depth of 6 to 11 meters and before flowing into the sea there is a large sandbank covered with water only one and a half meters.
Danube food method: the main role in feeding the river is played by water from melting mountain snow; great importance have water from abundant and water.
Tributaries of the Danube: Iller (right), Lech (right), Izar (right), Inn (right), Ens (right), Morava (left), Raba (right), Vag (left), Gron (left), Ipel (left), Drava (right), Tisa (left), Sava (right), Morava (right), Iskar (right), Siret (left), Prut (left).
Inhabitants of the Danube: sturgeon (beluga, sturgeon, stellate sturgeon) and herring (herring, belly), catfish, carp, asp, bream, silver bream, fisherman, pike perch, sterlet, roach, rudd, tench, crucian carp, perch, podust, gudgeon, bleak, ide, barbel, sabrefish, pike, burbot and some others.
Freezing of the Danube: The flood occurs in the warm part of the year; it starts at the end of February and continues until August. The Danube is at its lowest in September and October. It is not observed annually (in January-February).
The Danube is an international river. It is interesting because it flows through many European states, on its banks there are capitals and big cities. This is the most long river in the territory European Union.
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The Danube River is the second longest in Europe. Its length is 2960 kilometers. Only the Volga is ahead of it in length.
Danube, ancient name which we will give below, begins in the Black Forest mountains in Germany. On the way to the sea this water flow runs exactly along the border of 10 countries. The very first among them is Germany, then Austria, then the river passes Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, passes through Romania, Moldova and, finally, Ukraine, and then flows into the Black Sea.
In this great river some European capitals are located - Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava. Huge drainage basin The Danube covers about 19 more countries.
Flowing into the Black Sea, the river forms a delta in Romania and Ukraine.
Origin of the river's name
On Old Slavonic language The ancient name of the Danube is Dounav, in Bulgarian it is Dunav. Presumably, the Slavs adopted this name from the Goths, who brought it from the Celtic language, where the Danube is translated as “river”.
According to the Polish scientist Jan Rozwadovsky, the Slavs used to call the Dnieper the word “Danube”. Then they moved to the banks of the described river and transferred the name to it. It is noteworthy that the name also has the same translation as the Old Slavic ancient name of the Danube. Only “don” comes from the word “danu”, that is, “water” or “river”.
Ancient name of the Danube River
The Danube was mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman sources. Thus, in the writings of the historian Herodotus the ancient name of the Danube is mentioned (Book 4). In addition, it tells where this river flows and what its features are. And all this is described with amazing accuracy.
The ancient name of the Danube is 4 letters in total (Istr). True, it is believed that the Greeks only called the lower reaches of the river that way, since the upper reaches were still unknown to them.
According to Herodotus, it begins in the country of the Celts, then flows through the whole of Europe, dividing it into two parts in the middle. Then, dissecting into seven branches, the Ister flows into the Euxine Pontus or the Black Sea. According to Strabo, this river flows through the middle of the territory located between the Black and Adriatic seas and flows into the sea through its 8 mouths near Borysthenes or the Dnieper.
The Roman Emperor Julius Caesar also mentioned the ancient name of the Danube, consisting of 4 letters, in his campaign notes. And the Roman Emperor Trajan built the first stone bridge across this river.
Beginning of the river
The Danube originates in the Black Forest mountains, near the city of Donaueschingen. The river is formed at the confluence of two streams - Breg and Brigach - at an altitude of 678 meters above sea level. Interesting feature The river is that 30 kilometers from the source the Danube abruptly goes underground, seeping through the soft calcareous rocks of the river valley.
12 kilometers to the south is the famous Aach Spring, gushing out of the ground. It is the most powerful in this country - up to 8.5 tons of water per second flows out of it.
In 1877, it was finally proven that the Aach Spring is fed by Danube water. Especially for this a large number of salts (100 centners) were poured into its upper reaches, and two days later the same salt was discovered in the waters of the spring. By the way, during the flood period, the flow of water underground travels the same distance in just 20 hours.
The water flows through a large underground passage to the Vimzen Cave, where it comes out into the Aach Spring. The height difference between the place where the Danube goes underground and the exit is 185 meters.
River direction
On its way to the sea, the Danube turns its flow several times. At the very beginning in the mountains of Germany it flows in a south-easterly direction. Then, 2747 kilometers from the mouth (where it flows into the Black Sea), the Danube turns to the northeast.
Thus, the river reaches the city of Regensburg, located 2379 kilometers from the mouth. Its northernmost section is located here. Further, the river changes its direction to the southeast, passing the Vienna Basin. Then 600 kilometers water artery passes through the Central Russian Lowland.
The river cuts through the Southern Carpathians mountains, passing through the Iron Gate gorge. And 900 kilometers to the Black Sea, the Danube passes through the Lower Danube Lowland.
River delta
In its lower reaches, the Danube splits into many branches and lakes. The marshy delta stretches 75 kilometers from west to east and is 65 kilometers wide.
The delta begins near Cape Izmailsky Chetal. After 80 km, the river bed divides into the Tulchinskoye and Kiliya branches. Tulchinskoye is then divided into Sulinskoye and Georgievskoye arms. They all flow into the sea separately from each other.
The Kiliya arm in Ukraine is transformed into the Kiliya delta, in which the current speed is higher than in others. In general, the Danube delta is covered with floodplains, they have large area and occupy the second largest place in Europe after similar landscapes on the Volga. The Danube Biosphere Reserve was created here.
The Danube was and remains primarily a natural border. IN old times it served as the northern border of the Roman Empire. On its banks the Romans built a defensive rampart against barbarian attacks from the north. In 1683, the future of Christian Europe was decided here: the Austrians near Vienna inflicted a final defeat on the troops Ottoman Empire, displacing Muslims from Western Europe.
Since the Danube has always been a navigable river, a variety of tribes and peoples constantly met each other on its banks. They all left behind masterpieces of art and culture - buildings in the Rococo and Baroque, Gothic and Classicist styles are located along the river side by side with Art Nouveau buildings and ancient ruins. Water united people: the Balkans are the largest “melting pot” of Europe, in the Banat between former Yugoslavia Hungarians, Romanians, Serbs, Spaniards, Italians and many other peoples live together in harmony with Romania. Alas, they do not always get along peacefully with each other. A terrible example of what conflicts between neighbors lead to was the war in the former multinational state Yugoslavia, the consequences of which are still felt today.
River connecting peoples
The Danube is the only river in Europe that flows through so many different countries.
The Danube is formed from the confluence of the Brigach and Breg rivers near the city of Donaueschingen in the Upper Rhine graben. On its 2860 km long path, the second largest (after the river) European river flows through four capitals: Bratislava, Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade. In Romania it flows into the Black Sea, forming a giant delta. Probably thousands of years ago the Danube served as a transport artery, and since the beginning of the era of shipping in 1830 economic importance is constantly increasing. IN mid-19th century, neighboring states began to regulate and lock the river. It was necessary to mitigate the effects of periodic floods - for example, in 1830, Vienna was half flooded with water. The Danube has always also been a source drinking water. Disputes about the use of this precious resource periodically arise today. For example, Slovakia is building a system of hydroelectric power plants south of Bratislava to generate electricity. Hungary initially participated in this project, but now it categorically refuses to continue construction: the existence of the reservoir reduces the water level to a dangerous level and Budapest is already worried about the stability of supply drinking water. Intensive use of the river has disrupted the ecological balance of vast territories: little remains of the former abundance of fish, floodplain forests are drying up, and many species of animals that traditionally lived on the banks of the Danube are becoming extinct.
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Flows through the territory following countries:
Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine.
Forms a boundary between: Austria and Slovakia, Slovakia and Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, Serbia and Romania, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as Romania and Ukraine.
Source of the Danube: located in the Black Forest mountains (Germany) near the city of Donaueschingen at an altitude of 678 m.
Numbers
Length: 2860 km.Catchment area: 817 thousand km 2.
Water consumption: 6400 m 3 /s (second highest in Europe after the Volga).
Delta area: 4152 km2.
Attractions
In Germany: Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Castle, Ulm Cathedral, RegensburgDanube River- This is one of the largest in the world. It is the second longest in Europe (the first is the Volga), and the only one so long in the European Union. Crossing several European countries The Danube stretches for almost three thousand kilometers, ultimately flowing into the Black Sea.
The Danube River is deservedly considered an international - or international - river, and this is true, because along its length it flows through the territory of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. This river passes through several European capitals, worthy of decorating them with its majestic appearance.
The mouth of the Danube is territorially divided between Ukraine and Romania, while the source lies in Germany. The Danube River was repeatedly mentioned in their works by ancient authors - for example, Herodotus. The ancient Greeks called it by the name Istr, and current name- a Celtic root, and in most languages it sounds approximately the same.
People have long loved the Danube, because it was a source of water and fish, which is why settlements grew on its banks. Attempts to cultivate the river were observed in ancient times - it is believed that the very first stone bridge across the Danube was built by the Roman emperor Trajan, which happened at the very beginning of the 2nd century AD. Thus, the Danube has been known to many peoples since ancient times, and a variety of tribes and civilizations settled on its banks.
Surprisingly, such a long and truly powerful river flows from two relatively small mountain streams. The source, located in the Black Forest mountains in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, is formed from the confluence of Brigach and Breg. Their length is only about fifty kilometers, and in fact they can be called streams rather than rivers. Here, in the Baden-Württemberg city of Donaueschingen, there is an ancient castle, near which the symbolic source is formed mighty river. Thus, the huge Danube flows from small mountain streams, passing further through almost the whole of Europe.
A small part of the river has an underground channel. Shortly after its source, about thirty kilometers later, the Danube River goes underground. Then it seeps through rock and then spreads out to its full width. This can also be considered enough amazing fact when such a mass of water literally comes out of the mountains. Truly, the Danube is unique in many ways.
Direction of the Danube to different areas different - in places it bends, forms corners and loops. Eventually, the river branches and its delta is quite wide. The delta region is a wetland, replete with lakes, but is itself divided into two main parts. As mentioned above, one of the parts belongs to Ukraine, while the second belongs to Romania. At the same time, the Romanian section of the Danube Delta was declared World Heritage UNESCO.
Along the river you can see several islands. Among them, sometimes there are quite large ones - for example, Zhitny Island in Slovakia, considered the largest island on the Danube. Its area is almost two thousand square kilometers, and it is inhabited. People live on the island, they grow wheat and other crops there, and at its southern tip there is whole line nature reserves. They contain rare species plants, birds and animals whose existence has recently been threatened throughout the rest of the world. Although the island belongs to Slovakia, mainly Hungarians live there, who are citizens of this state - this has developed historically.
Of course, the Danube River is also noteworthy within the borders of European capitals. Speaking about Hungary, one cannot fail to mention Budapest, through which a river flows, dividing it into two main parts - Buda and Pest. Once upon a time, these were two different independent cities, until they finally united into one, which became the capital of Hungary.
In Budapest, the Danube is built into stone embankments, and along them there are amazing beauty houses that amaze every tourist with their unique architecture. This is the Parliament building, a number of luxury hotels, other buildings, and the famous Gellert Mountain itself is also clearly visible from the Danube embankments. There are seven colorful bridges across the river, which are illuminated in the evening and at night with many lights, which makes the overall picture even more attractive.
In addition to Budapest, the Danube crosses such capitals as Vienna, Belgrade, Bratislava. There are other famous cities located on its banks, which, although not the capitals of states, are no less large and famous for that reason. Among them we can mention the German Passau - the once famous center for the production of edged weapons for almost all of Europe. Galati, Braila, Ruse and Linz - these cities are also located on the Danube. And besides them, there are many hundreds of smaller towns and villages, albeit unknown, but present for centuries on the banks of this great river.
In addition, the Danube River is an important transport artery of great importance for the whole of Europe. It has developed both passenger and transport shipping, and every day during the shipping season hundreds of people and thousands of tons of a wide variety of cargo ply in all directions along the Danube. This message is interrupted only for a couple of months a year, since most The Danube is quite navigable.
In addition, a whole network of canals branches out from it, equipped by human hands. These canals connect rivers, cities and countries. Of course, they are also important in an economic sense, and the Danube gives rise to them all.
Today anyone can book a ticket for a river cruise on the Danube. It will be a truly exciting experience, as during the cruise the ship will pass through several countries, through the capitals and smaller cities mentioned above. IN various places stops will be made. You can easily see the whole of Europe and gain a lot of interesting impressions while traveling along the Danube.
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