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DRAVE, or DRAVA (Ger. Drau, Hung. Drava, Lat. Dravus)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 550 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DIO-DRO
DRAVE, or DRAVA (Ger. Drau, Hung. Drava, Lat. Dravus) , one of the
principal
  right-bank affluents of the
Danube
 , flowing through Austria and
Hungary
 . It rises below the Innichner Eck, near the Toblacher Feld in
Tirol
 , at an altitude of a little over 4000 ft., runs eastward, and forms the longest longitudinal valley of the Alps. The
Drave
  has a
total
  length of 45o m., while the length of its Alpine valley to Marburg is 15o m., and to its junction with the Mur 25o m. Owing to its
great
  extent and easy accessibility the valley of the
Drave
  was the
principal
  road through which the invading peoples of the
East
 , as the Huns, the Slays and the Turks, penetrated the Alpine countries. The Drave flows through Carinthia and Styria, and enters
Hungary
  near Friedau, where up to its confluence with the
Danube
 , at Almas, 14 m. E. of
Esseg
 , it forms the boundary between that country and Croatia-Slavonia. At its mouth the Drave attains a breadth of 1055 ft. and a depth of 20 ft. The Drave is navigable for rafts only from
Villach
 , and for steamers from Bares, a distance of 95 m. The principal affluents of the Drave are: on the left the Isel, the Gunk, the Lavant, and the largest of all, the Mur; and on the right the Gail and the Drann.


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