Drava
| Drava or Drave Drau, Dráva | |
|---|---|
The Drava in Puch, Austria | |
Map of the Drava [1] | |
| Location | |
| Countries | |
| Cities | |
| 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 / 46.71917°N 12.25444°E |
| • elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Mouth | Danube near Osijek |
• location | Croatia |
• coordinates | 45°32′38″N 18°55′31″E / 45.54389°N 18.92528°E |
| Length | 709.8 km (441.0 mi) |
| Basin size | 40,154 km2 (15,504 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Osijek, Croatia (19.8 km; 12¼ miles 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; 33½ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size: 38,500 km2 (14,900 sq mi) |
| • average | 544 m3/s (19,200 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 160 m3/s (5,700 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 2,232 m3/s (78,800 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Barcs, Hungary (154.1 km; 95¾ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size: 33,977 km2 (13,119 sq mi) |
| • average | 486 m3/s (17,200 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896–2014)595 m3/s (21,000 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 114 m3/s (4,000 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896–2014)170 m3/s (6,000 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 3,040 m3/s (107,000 cu ft/s) (Period of data: 1896–2014)3,070 m3/s (108,000 cu ft/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ormož, Slovenia (312.8 km; 194¼ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size: 15,379 km2 (5,938 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; 256¾ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size: 11,052 km2 (4,267 sq mi) |
| • average | 280 m3/s (9,900 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 95 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 2,400 m3/s (85,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Danube→ Black Sea |
| River system | Danube River |
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 (441 miles), or 724km (450 miles), 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 (15,504 sq. mi.). Its mean annual discharge is seasonally 500m³ (650 cu. yd.) per second) to 670m³ (880 cu. yd.) per second. 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.