Drava

Also known as Drave

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The Drava is a major river in southern Central Europe that originates in the Italian Alps and is one of the longest tributaries of the Danube, measuring approximately 441 miles in length. It drains a significant portion of the region and plays an important role in the geography and hydrology of Central Europe.

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River.name: Drava or Drave
River.name_other: Drau, Dráva
River.image: Weissenstein Puch Drau Fluss-Landschaft 08112015 8744.jpg
River.image_caption: The Drava in Puch, Austria
River.map: Drave.png
River.map_caption: Map of the Drava
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 5
River.subdivision_type1: Countries
River.subdivision_type5: Cities
River.discharge1_location: Osijek, Croatia (19.8 km; 12¼ miles upstream of mouth)
River.source1: North of the Neunerkofel/Cima Nove over the Toblacher Feld/Sella di Dobbiaco
River.source1_location: Toblach/Dobbiaco, South Tyrol/Alto Adige, Italy
River.mouth: Danube near Osijek
River.mouth_location: Croatia
River.river_system: Danube River
River.discharge4_location: Ormož, Slovenia (312.8 km; 194¼ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size:
River.discharge5_location: Lavamünd, Austria (413.3 km; 256¾ miles upstream of mouth - Basin size:

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Wikidata facts

Image: Drauquellen.jpg
Length: 720

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waterbody number: AT/2-220
Commons category: Drava
Commons gallery: Drava
watershed area: 40400
discharge: 620

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The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. With a length of (441 miles), or (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 (650 cu. yd.) per second) to (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.

==Name== In ancient times the river was known as Dravus or Draus in Latin, and in Greek as Δράος and Δράβος. Medieval attestations of the name include Dravis ( AD 670), Drauva (in 799), Drauus (in 811), Trauum (in 1091), and Trah (in 1136). The name is pre-Roman and pre-Celtic, but probably of Indo-European origin, from the root *dreu̯- 'flow'. The river gives its name to the dravite species of tourmaline.