Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from Alto Adige, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast, forming most of the Croatian-Hungarian border before joining the Danube near Osijek. Length: 725 km (450 mi).

Drave flows through Lienz, Spittal, Villach, Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary. Drave is navigable (about 90 km) from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall. Main tributaries of Drave are: Gail in Austria and Mislinja, Dravinja in Slovenia and Bednja in Croatia from the left, and Gurk in Austria and Mur (near Legrad) in Croatia from the right.

River Drava at Drávaszabolcs, Hungary

River Drava at Vízvár, Hungary

River Drava at Maribor, Slovenia

External links

• The Danube-Drava National Park (http://www.ddnp.hu/angol.htm)
• The Drava News On-Line (http://www.drava.sziriuszstudio.hu)