Danube River

The Danube River (Latin: Hister) is Europe's second-longest river (the Volga is the longest). It is the European Union's longest river. The river stretches for 2,860 kilometers (1,777 miles). In Donaueschingen (near the Black Forest), Brigach and Breg join forces to "make" the Danube.

The Danube River runs across ten countries, including Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, and forms part of their borders. Through the Danube Delta, the river empties into the Black Sea. The Danube is a significant river. Ocean ships may dock in Romania's Brăila. In Bavaria, river boats can go to Kehlheim. Smaller ships can make the journey to Ulm.

The Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal (DTD) in the Banat and Baka regions (Vojvodina, Serbia's northern province); the 64-kilometer Danube-Black Sea Canal between Cernavodă and Constanţa (Romania), completed in 1984, reduces the distance to the Black Sea by 400 kilometers; and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (about 171 kilometers), completed in 1992, connects the North Sea and the Black Sea. This river is one of the longest Rivers in Slovakia.

Length: 2850 km