What is Drava?

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The Drava at Maribor, Slovenia


Drava or Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian, Croatian and Italian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It rises in South Tirol in 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. It has a length of 749 km (465 mi).

The Drava flows through Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, Dieschitz 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 left; and the Gurk in Austria, and the Mura (near Legrad) in Croatia from the right.

In the ancient times the river was called Dravus. The name is most likely Celtic in origin.

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Osijek (pronounced: [ˈɔsjɛk]) is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 114,616 in 2001.
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Lienz is a medieval city in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district (Bezirk), which covers all of East Tyrol. Lienz is located on the rivers Isel and Drau, and has a population of c. 12,000 (as of 2001).
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Spittal an der Drau is an Austrian town, located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia, and the administrative center of the federal state's largest district, Spittal an der Drau.
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Villach [ˈfɪlax] (Slovenian Beljak) is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, on the river Drau (Slovenian Drava) and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region.
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Dieschitz (Deščice [D'e:ʃtʃitsε]) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Velden (Vrba) am Wörthersee, Villach (Beljak
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Ferlach (Slovene: Borovlje) is the southernmost town in Austria, about 17 km south of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt.

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 - families: 782
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Area: 38,8 km²
Population 3.640
 - males 1.836
 - females 1.804
Mayor: Boris Kralj
Average age: 36,78 let
Residential areas: 24,63 m²/osebo
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Maribor (German: Marburg an der Drau, rarely Italian: Marburgo) is a city in Slovenia and the seat of the Maribor urban municipality.
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Ptuj (German: Pettau; Latin: Poetovio) is a city and one of 11 urban municipalities in Slovenia. It is situated in Lower Styria (northeastern Slovenia), and has about 20,000 inhabitants.
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