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Drava or Drave (; Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, Croatian
Croatian language

Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
, and Slovene: Drava; ) is a river in southern Central Europe
Central Europe

Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern Europe and Western Europe Europe. In addition, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe....
, a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
. It begins in Dobbiaco, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia
Carinthia (state)

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian States of Austria or Land. Situated within the Eastern alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes....
 in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, into Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
 (145 km), and then southeast, passing through Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, before it joins the Danube near Osijek
Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114,616 in 2001. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county....
. The Drava flows through San Candido/Innichen
Innichen

Innichen is a market town and comune in the Province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italy region Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol.It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava river, about 120 km northeast of Trento and about 80 km northeast of Bolzano, on Italy's border with Austria....
 in Italy, Lienz
Lienz

Lienz is a Town privileges in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district , which covers all of East Tyrol....
, Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau

Spittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative center of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau ....
, Villach
Villach

Villach is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, at the Drau River and represents an important Junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region....
, Dieschitz
Dieschitz

Dieschitz is an Austrian village in the municipality of Velden am W?rthersee, Villach ? district - countryside, federal state or Bundesland Carinthia ....
, and Ferlach
Ferlach

Ferlach is the southernmost town in Austria, about 17 km south of the Carinthia capital Klagenfurt. It is situated in the Rosental/Ro? valley of the Drava river, at the northern slope of the Karawanken mountain range....
 in Austria, Dravograd
Dravograd

Dravograd is a small town and a municipality with the same name in northern Slovenia, located at the Slovenian-Austrian border crossing by the Drave River, at the confluence with the Me?a and the Mislinja....
, Vuzenica
Vuzenica

Vuzenica is a municipality in Slovenia formed in 1995, and is also one of the oldest settlements on the Drava River valley. References to it date back to 1288 A.D....
, Muta
Muta, Slovenia

Muta is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.External links ...
, Ruše, Maribor
Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia. The population of Maribor is approximately 133,000 . Maribor lies on the river Drava at the meeting point of the Pohorje mountain, the Drava Valley, the Drava Plain, and the Kozjak and Slovenske gorice hill ranges....
, Ptuj
Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. It is situated in Lower Styria , and has about 23,000 inhabitants.It is a colorful city with a diverse nightlife....
, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek
Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114,616 in 2001. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county....
 in Croatia, and Barcs
Barcs

Barcs is a border town in Somogy, Hungary. Drava River flows through the town....
 in Hungary.






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Drava or Drave (; Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, Croatian
Croatian language

Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
, and Slovene: Drava; ) is a river in southern Central Europe
Central Europe

Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern Europe and Western Europe Europe. In addition, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe....
, a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
. It begins in Dobbiaco, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia
Carinthia (state)

Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian States of Austria or Land. Situated within the Eastern alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes....
 in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, into Slovenia
Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
 (145 km), and then southeast, passing through Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, before it joins the Danube near Osijek
Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114,616 in 2001. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county....
.
Villach (view Towards the South)
Maribor Lent
The Drava flows through San Candido/Innichen
Innichen

Innichen is a market town and comune in the Province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italy region Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol.It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava river, about 120 km northeast of Trento and about 80 km northeast of Bolzano, on Italy's border with Austria....
 in Italy, Lienz
Lienz

Lienz is a Town privileges in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district , which covers all of East Tyrol....
, Spittal an der Drau
Spittal an der Drau

Spittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative center of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau ....
, Villach
Villach

Villach is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, at the Drau River and represents an important Junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region....
, Dieschitz
Dieschitz

Dieschitz is an Austrian village in the municipality of Velden am W?rthersee, Villach ? district - countryside, federal state or Bundesland Carinthia ....
, and Ferlach
Ferlach

Ferlach is the southernmost town in Austria, about 17 km south of the Carinthia capital Klagenfurt. It is situated in the Rosental/Ro? valley of the Drava river, at the northern slope of the Karawanken mountain range....
 in Austria, Dravograd
Dravograd

Dravograd is a small town and a municipality with the same name in northern Slovenia, located at the Slovenian-Austrian border crossing by the Drave River, at the confluence with the Me?a and the Mislinja....
, Vuzenica
Vuzenica

Vuzenica is a municipality in Slovenia formed in 1995, and is also one of the oldest settlements on the Drava River valley. References to it date back to 1288 A.D....
, Muta
Muta, Slovenia

Muta is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.External links ...
, Ruše, Maribor
Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia. The population of Maribor is approximately 133,000 . Maribor lies on the river Drava at the meeting point of the Pohorje mountain, the Drava Valley, the Drava Plain, and the Kozjak and Slovenske gorice hill ranges....
, Ptuj
Ptuj

Ptuj is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. It is situated in Lower Styria , and has about 23,000 inhabitants.It is a colorful city with a diverse nightlife....
, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek
Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114,616 in 2001. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county....
 in Croatia, and Barcs
Barcs

Barcs is a border town in Somogy, Hungary. Drava River flows through the town....
 in Hungary. The Drava is navigable for about 90 km from Cadavica
Cadavica

Cadavica can refer to:*Cadavica, Croatia, a municipality in Croatia*Cadavica, Bosnia, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska...
 in Croatia to its outfall.

The main tributaries of the Drava are: the Gail
Gail River

Gail is the name of a river in southern Austria. Originating in the Tyrol municipality of Obertilliach it flows from west to east through the Lesachtal and the Gailtal, parallel to the borders with Italy and Slovenia....
 in Austria, the Meža
Meža

The Me?a is a 43 km long river in Carinthia , Slovenia. It has its source on the Austrian side of the country border near the Ol?eva mountain, goes subterranean a kilometer from its source and reappears on the surface in Koprivna near Crna na Koro?kem, Slovenia....
 and Dravinja
Dravinja

The Dravinja is the largest tributary of the Drava River in Slovenia. Its source is on the Pohorje Massif southwest of Mount Rogla about 1200 m above sea level....
 in Slovenia, and the Bednja in Croatia from the right; the Gurk
Gurk River

The Gurk is a river in Carinthia , Austria. It is the second longest river in that state after the Drava.A northern tributary of the river Drava, the 120 km long Gurk flows from under Nock Mountains, near the border of Austrian provinces of Styria and Carinthia....
 and the Lavant
Lavant River

The Lavant River is a left tributary of the Drava in the Austrian state of Carinthia . It originates in the small Lavantsee at the southern slope of the Zirbenkogel mountain in Styria, then turns southeastwards and after 7 miles reaches the border to Carinthia....
 in Austria, and the Mura
Mura

Mura is a river in Central Europe, a tributary of the Drava and subsequently the Danube. The Mura's total length is 465 km, of which 295 km is in Austria, 98 km is in Slovenia and the rest forms the border between Croatia and Hungary....
 (near Legrad
Legrad

Legrad is a village and municipality in northern Croatia, located north of Koprivnica and east of Ludbreg in the Koprivnica-Kri?evci County. There are 2,764 inhabitants in the municipality, absolute majority are Croats....
) in Croatia from the left.

In the ancient times
Ancient history

Ancient history is the history from the History of writing until the Early Middle Ages in Europe, the Qin Dynasty in China, the Chola Empire in India, and some less defined point in the rest of the world ....
 the river was called Dravus. The name is most likely Celtic
Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European languages language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in central Gaul....
 or pre-Celtic in origin (see Old European hydronymy
Old European hydronymy

Old European is the term used by Hans Krahe for the language of the oldest reconstructed stratum of European hydronymy in Central and Western Europe....
).

The Drava and Spöl are the only two rivers that originate in Italy and drain into the Danube drainage basin
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
.

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