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In which German state is the source of the river Danube?

Baden Württemberg. The Danube begins as a small mountain stream deep in the Black Forest near Donaueschlingen not far from the French border.

What is the German name for the River Danube?

Donau.

Name the major river which joins the Danube at the city of Passau?

Inn. The Inn is actually a larger river than the Danube at this point and gives its name to the Austrian city of Innsbruck

Apart from Vienna through which major Austrian city does the Danube flow?

Linz. Linz is famed for its delicious Linzer pastries sold throughout central Europe

What is the name of the large lake on the Austrian Hungarian border which lies about 30km south east of Vienna ?

Neusiedler See. Neusiedler See is an important area of pristine marshland and lake

The Danube flows through the Slovakian capital Bratislava, what is the German name for Bratislava?

Pressburg. Many towns in central Europe, Bratislava included were once part of the German or Austro-Hungarian empires

Recently Slovakia has completed a major hydroelectric project on the Danube, what is the name of the project?

Gabickovo. This project has resulted in the loss of important Danube wetlands

The Hungarian capital Budapest was formed by the joining of two cities on opposite banks of the Danube , what were the names of these two cities?

Buda Pest & Pest Buda & Buda and Pest & Pest and Buda.

The Danube receives water from lake Balaton via which tributary?

Sio. Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe

The Danube flows through the Vojvodina agricultural region of Yugoslavia, which of these is a city of this region?

Novi Sad. Although in Yugoslavia, Vojvodina is home to a large Hungarian population

At Belgrade the Danube is joined by the River Sava, in which country is the source of the Sava located?

Slovenia. The Sava begins high in the Julian alps of Slovenia

What is the name of the narrow gorge through which the Danube flows to enter Romania?

Iron Gates. The gorge has now been dammed so the famous Iron Gates rapids no longer exist.

Only one bridge crosses the Danube between Romania and Bulgaria. At which Bulgarian town is this bridge found?

Ruse. There are plans to build a second bridge at Calafat over the Danube when funding is available

Seagoing ships may navigate the Danube as far upstream as which Romanian town?

Galati.

What is the name of the only Ukranian port on the river Danube?

Ismail. Ismail lies within the Danube delta the point at which the river empties into the Black Sea