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Danube River
The Danube River basin and its drainage network.
The Danube River originates in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany, where it begins as two small headstreams, the Breg and the Brigach, which unite at Donaueschingen.12
From this source, the river flows for approximately 1,770 miles (2,850 km) across central and southeastern Europe before reaching its end at a deltalike estuary on the Black Sea.12