A river rising in the Carnic Alps of southern Austria and flowing about 724 km (450 mi) eastward through northeast Slovenia and northern Croatia to the Danube River.
Drava
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Dra·va or Dra·ve (drä'və)  also Drau
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A river rising in the Carnic Alps of southern Austria and flowing about 724 km (450 mi) eastward through northeast Slovenia and northern Croatia to the Danube River.
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Drava or Drave (both: drä'və), Ger. Drau, Hung. Dráva, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Carnic Alps, N Italy. It flows generally E through S Austria (where it is called the Drau) and enters Slovenia. It forms part of the Croatian-Hungarian border before joining the Danube River E of Osijek. The Mur River is its chief tributary. The lower course of the Drava is navigable.
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 The Drava at Drávaszabolcs, Hungary |
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| Origin | Toblach, Province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy |
| Mouth | Danube near Osijek, Croatia |
| Basin countries | Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary |
| Length | 749 km (465 mi) |
| Source elevation | 1450 m (4755 ft) |
| Avg. discharge | 670 m³/s |
| Basin area | 11,828 km² |
Drava or Drave (German: Drau; Italian, Croatian, and Slovene: Drava; Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It begins in Toblach, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia (145 km), and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek.
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The Drava flows through Innichen in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary. The Drava is navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.
The main tributaries of the Drava are: the Gail in Austria, the Meža and Dravinja in Slovenia, and the Bednja in Croatia from the right; the Gurk and the Lavant in Austria, and the Mura (near Legrad) in Croatia from the left.
In the ancient times the river was called Dravus. The name is most likely Celtic or pre-Celtic in origin (see Old European hydronymy).
The Drava and Spöl are the only two rivers that originate in Italy and drain into the Danube drainage basin.
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