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News: Rescuers are searching for several missing individuals after a boat carrying ten Chinese nationals capsized on the Danube River along the Serbia–Croatia border.
About Danube River
- The Danube River is the second-longest river in Europe after the Volga.
- The Danube is the only major European river to flow from the west to the east.
- Origin: It rises in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany (from the Breg and Brigach streams).
- It flows into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine. Denube Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Length: Approximately 2,850 km
- Tributaries: Its major tributaries are Inn, Drava, Tisza, Sava, Morava and Olt river.
- Countries it flows through (10): Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
- Major Cities Along the Danube: Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Regensburg, Passau, and Linz.
- Major ports: Regensburg, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade, Ruse, Brăila, Galați, Izmayil.
