Drava

Drava or Drave Drau, Dráva
The Drava in Osijek, Croatia
Map of the Drava [1]
Location
Countries	Italy Austria Slovenia Croatia Hungary
Cities	Lienz Spittal an der Drau Villach Ferlach Dravograd Vuzenica Muta Ruše Maribor Ptuj Ormož Varaždin Barcs Belišće Osijek
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 / 46.71917; 12.25444
• 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 / 45.54389; 18.92528
Length	709.8 km (441.0 mi)[1]
Basin size	40,154 km2 (15,504 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	Osijek, Croatia (19.8 km 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 upstream of mouth - Basin size: 38,500 km2 (14,900 sq mi)[1]
• average	544 m3/s (19,200 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	160 m3/s (5,700 cu ft/s)[1]
• maximum	2,232 m3/s (78,800 cu ft/s)[1]
Discharge
• location	Barcs, Hungary (154.1 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 33,977 km2 (13,119 sq mi)[1]
• average	486 m3/s (17,200 cu ft/s)[1] (Period of data: 1896–2014)595 m3/s (21,000 cu ft/s)
• minimum	114 m3/s (4,000 cu ft/s)[1] (Period of data: 1896–2014)170 m3/s (6,000 cu ft/s)
• maximum	3,040 m3/s (107,000 cu ft/s)[1] (Period of data: 1896–2014)3,070 m3/s (108,000 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Ormož, Slovenia (312.8 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 15,379 km2 (5,938 sq mi)[1]
• average	292 m3/s (10,300 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	28 m3/s (990 cu ft/s)[1]
• maximum	1,994 m3/s (70,400 cu ft/s)[1]
Discharge
• location	Lavamünd, Austria (413.3 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 11,052 km2 (4,267 sq mi)[1]
• average	280 m3/s (9,900 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	95 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s)[1]
• maximum	2,400 m3/s (85,000 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
River system	Danube River

The Drava or Drave (‹See Tfd›German: Drau, pronounced [ˈdʁaʊ] ^ⓘ; Slovene: Drava [ˈdɾàːʋa]; Croatian: Drava [drǎːʋa]; Hungarian: Dráva [ˈdraːvɒ]; Italian: Drava [ˈdraːva]), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus,^[2] is a river in southern Central Europe.^[3] With a length of 710km,^[1] or 724km, 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.^[1] Its mean annual discharge is seasonally 500m³/s to 670m³/s. 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.