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Drava

The Drava at Osijek, Croatia
River information
NameDrava
OriginToblach, Province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
MouthDanube near Osijek, Croatia
Basin countriesItaly, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary
Length707 km (439.3 mi)
Elevation4757.2 ft (1450 m)
Basin area11828 km2 (4566.8 sqmi)

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Drava or Drave ( ; ; Italian, Croatian, and Slovene: Drava) is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It begins in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia (142 km), and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek. The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, 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 right; the Gurk and the Lavant in Austria, and the Mur (near Legrad) in Croatia from the left.

In the ancient times the river was called Dravus. The name is most likely Celtic or pre-Celtic in origin (see Old European hydronymy).

The Drava and Spöl are the only two rivers that originate in Italy and drain into the Danube drainage basin.

The hydrological parameters of Drava are regularly monitored in Croatia at Botovo, Terezino Polje, Donji Miholjac and Osijek.



Drava Video

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This is a Croatian Bagpipe from the Drava River Region. It is made and played here by Andor Vegh, who makes the best looking and sounding Croatian bagpipes. This video was shot in the kitchen door of Andor's residence during the Bagpipe Summer School in Szenna 2007. The twobored bagpipe system is used by all nations within the Carpathians including Slovakians, Hungarians, Rumanians, Serbians and Croatians. This bagpipe system was used in the Northern part of Croatia because the major portion Croatia and Hungary were part of the same kingdom for about 800 years until 1918. The Drava river is today the border river between Hungary and Croatia. The Hungarian side of the river is (was) partly (mostly) populated by Croatian speaking people. The four-reed chanter, you can see and hear here, is used by Croatian speaking people only. The four bores of this type of "Podravine" bagpipe are closed on the bottom. That is, when all the holes are coverd, no sound is coming out from the chanter. This makes possible staccato playing. The colsed bottom bores gives a special tone characteristic to the chanter, too. The bagpipes used by Hungarians have two bores, in some regions three, but never four. Plus, the bores are never closed at the end. Since this particular Drava-River Bagpipe set is in the key of A and most Hungarian sets of bagpipes are in A, they sound a bit similar. But, for a piper's trained ears they sound significantly/completely different. Also, the music played on these <b>...</b>
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