Danube

The **Danube** ( ; di yuli n lahi nyɛ ) Mɔɣili din pahi buyi n nyɛ Mɔɣi karili Europe tingbanni, mɔɣili din yuli booni  Volga ka be Russia la nyaanga, dini n nya din paya galisim polo. Di nyɛla din zɔri kpari  Central mini Southeastern Europe, n yirina  Black Forest n kuni mɔɣili din yuli booni Black Sea la ni . Di nyɛla Mɔɣi kurili din mali taarihi, ka na min nyɛ silimiingi ni bɔli shɛli ni frontier la n-ti  Roman Empire.

Sahaŋɔ balishɛŋa zaa bɛ ni yari Danube basin tingbanni zaa nyɛla din pilla nyɛ din yina  Latin yuli   puuni:

### International status

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### Discharge

## Discharge chronology

### ibutaries


File:Donaueschingen Donauzusammenfluss 20080714.jpg|The Danube's source confluence in Donaueschingen: the *Donauzusammenfluss*, the confluence of Breg and Brigach.
File:Дунайський біосферний заповідник 2.JPG|0&nbsp;km, Danube Delta, Ukraine
File:Danube Delta ESA23450088.jpeg|Where the Danube meets the Black Sea (European Space Agency Sentinel-2 image)
File:The Danube Spills into the Black Sea.jpg|The Danube discharges into the Black Sea (the upper body of water in the image).


### Cities and towns

*Germany
**Donaueschingen in the State of Baden-Württemberg – rivers Brigach and Breg join to form the Danube
**Möhringen an der Donau in Baden-Württemberg
**Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg
**Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg
**Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg
**Munderkingen in Baden-Württemberg
**Ehingen in Baden-Württemberg
**Ulm in Baden-Württemberg
**Neu-Ulm in Bavaria
**Günzburg in Bavaria
**Dillingen an der Donau in Bavaria
**Donauwörth in Bavaria
**Neuburg an der Donau in Bavaria
**Ingolstadt in Bavaria
**Kelheim in Bavaria
**Regensburg in Bavaria
**Straubing in Bavaria
**Deggendorf in Bavaria
**Passau in Bavaria

*Austria
**Linz, capital of Upper Austria
**Krems in Lower Austria
**Tulln in Lower Austria
****[[Vienna]]**&nbsp;– capital of Austria and the most populous city on the Danube, where the Danube floodplain is called the *[[Lobau]]*, though the *[[Innere Stadt]]* is situated away from the main flow of the Danube (it is bounded by the Donaukanal&nbsp;– 'Danube canal').

*Slovakia
****[[Bratislava]]**&nbsp;– capital of Slovakia
**Komárno
**Štúrovo

*Hungary
**Mosonmagyaróvár
**Győr
**Komárom
**Esztergom
**Visegrád&nbsp;– This section of the river is also called Danube Bend.
**Vác
**Szentendre
**Göd
**Dunakeszi
****[[Budapest]]**&nbsp;– capital of Hungary, the largest city and the largest agglomeration on Danube (about 3,300,000 people).
**Szigetszentmiklós
**Százhalombatta
**Ráckeve
**Adony
**Dunaújváros
**Dunaföldvár
**Paks
**Kalocsa
**Baja
**Mohács
*Croatia
**Vukovar
**Ilok

*Serbia
**Apatin
**Bačka Palanka
**Čerević
**Futog
**Veternik
**Novi Sad&nbsp;– regional capital of Vojvodina
**Sremski Karlovci
**Zemun
****[[Belgrade]]**&nbsp;– capital of Serbia
**Pančevo
**Smederevo
**Kovin
**Veliko Gradište
**Golubac
**Donji Milanovac
**Kladovo
 
*Bulgaria
**Vidin
**Lom
**Kozloduy
**Oryahovo
**Nikopol
**Belene
**Svishtov
**Ruse
**Tutrakan
**Silistra

*Romania
**Moldova Nouă
**Orșova
**Drobeta-Turnu Severin
**Calafat
**Bechet
**Dăbuleni
**Corabia
**Turnu Măgurele
**Zimnicea
**Giurgiu
**Oltenița
**Călărași
**Fetești
**Cernavodă
**Hârșova
**Brăila&nbsp;– limit of the maritime sector of the Danube
**Galați&nbsp;– largest port on the Danube
**Isaccea
**Tulcea
**Sulina
*Moldova
**Giurgiulești
*Ukraine
**Reni
**Izmail
**Kiliia
**Vylkove

### Islands

*Ada Kaleh Island
*Ostrovul Mare, Gogoșu
*Balta Ialomiței
*Belene Island
*Csepel Island
*Čakljanac Island
*Donauinsel
*Forkontumac Island
*Great Brăila Island
*Great War Island
*Island of Mohács
*Koh Chang Island, Sremski Karlovci
*Kozloduy Island
*Margaret Island
*Ostrovo (Kostolac)
*Ostrovul Ciocănești
*Ostrovul Mare, Islaz
*Paradajz Island
*, Novi Sad
*Island of Šarengrad
*Szigetköz
*Island of Szentendre
*Vardim Island
*Island of Vukovar
*Žitný ostrov

## Important national parks
* Naturpark Obere Donau (Germany)
* Donauauen zwischen Neuburg und Ingolstadt (Germany) – map
* Nature protection area Donauleiten (Germany)
* Nationalpark Donau Auen (Austria) – map
* Chránená krajinná oblasť Dunajské luhy (Slovakia) – map
* Danube-Ipoly National Park (Hungary) – map
* Danube-Drava National Park (Hungary) – map
* Naturalpark Kopački Rit (Croatia) – map
* Gornje Podunavlje Nature Reserve (Serbia) – map
* Fruška Gora National Park (Serbia)
* Koviljsko-petrovaradinski rit Nature Reserve (Serbia)
* Great War Island Nature Reserve (Serbia)
* Đerdap National park (Serbia)
* Iron Gates Natural Park (Romania)
* Persina Nature Park (Bulgaria) – map
* Kalimok-Brushlen Protected Site (Bulgaria) – map
* Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria) – map
* Măcin Mountains Natural Park (Romania)
* Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park (Romania)
* Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania) – map
* Danube Biosphere Reserve in Ukraine


File:Gornje Podunavlje.jpg|Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve in Serbia
File:Golubac Fortress (град Голубац).jpg|Golubac Fortress in Đerdap National park, Serbia


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## See also

* 2006 European floods
*Black Sea drainage basin
* *[[Between the Woods and the Water]]*, a travel book telling of a Danubian journey in 1934
* Danube Monarchy
* Danubian Principalities
* Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River
* *[[The Ister (film)|The Ister]]*, 2004 film
* List of cities and towns on Danube river
* List of crossings of the Danube
* Steamboats on the Danube

## Further reading
* Lóczy, Dénes. The Danube: Morphology, Evolution, and Environmental Issues. In Avijit Gupta, ed., Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management. 2nd Ed. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2022, pp.&nbsp;335–367. ISBN 9781119412601
* Sommerwerk, Nike, Jurg Bloesch, Christian Baumgartner, Thomas Bittl, Dubravka Cerba, Bela Csanyi, Grigore Davideanu, Martin Dokulil, Georg Frank, Iulia Grecu, Thomas Hein, Vladimir Kovac, Ilulian Nichersu, Tibor Mikuska, Karin Pall, Momir Paunovic, Carmen Postolache, Maja Rakovic, Cristina Sandu, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, Katharina Stefke, Klement Tockner, Ion Toderas, and Laurentia Ungureanu. The Danube River Basin. In Klement Tockner, Christiane Zarfl, and Christopher T. Robinson (eds.), Rivers of Europe, 2nd Ed. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier, 2022, pp.&nbsp;83–181. ISBN 978-0-08-102612-0

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## External links

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* Danube watershed map and information from the World Resources Institute
* Danube Panorama Project 
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* Danube and the sport of rowing
* Danube image pool on Flickr
* Danube Tourist Commission  
* International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
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* Description of the Danube estuary in June 1877, ''The Times'' of London
*Old maps of the Danube, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, The National Library of Israel