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How does the Danube River’s course differ from that of most German rivers?
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Most rivers in Germany follow the general north-northwestward inclination of the land, eventually emptying into the North Sea.1
The Danube is a major exception to this pattern. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows eastward, marking the approximate boundary between the Central German Uplands and the Alpine Foreland.1