Drava River

Drava
Drau, Drave, Dráva
River
Drava near Ormož, Slovenia
Countries	Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary
Cities	Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, Ferlach, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, Ormož, Varaždin, Osijek, Barcs
Source	North of the Neunerkogel over the Toblacher Feld
- location	Toblach, South Tyrol, Italy
- elevation	1,450 m (4,757 ft)
- coordinates	46°43′9″N 12°15′16″E / 46.71917°N 12.25444°E / 46.71917; 12.25444
Mouth	Danube near Osijek
- coordinates	45°32′38″N 18°55′31″E / 45.54389°N 18.92528°E / 45.54389; 18.92528Coordinates: 45°32′38″N 18°55′31″E / 45.54389°N 18.92528°E / 45.54389; 18.92528
Length	749 km (465 mi)
Basin	40,120 km2 (15,490 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	670 m3/s (23,661 cu ft/s)
Map of Drava River

The Drava (German: Drau; Hungarian: Dráva) or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe. With a length of 749 kilometres (465 mi), it is the fourth longest tributary of the Danube. Its source is near the market town of Innichen (San Candido), in the Puster Valley of South Tyrol, Italy. The river flows eastwards through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria into the Styria region of Slovenia. It then turns southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek.

In ancient times the river was known as Latin: Dravus, cf. Sanskrit: द्रवति, dravati, "flow". The name is most likely of Celtic or Illyrian origin (see Old European hydronymy). The river gives its name to the dravite species of tourmaline.

The Drava (along with one of its tributaries, the Slizza) and the Spöl are the only two rivers originating in Italy that belong to the Danube drainage basin. The Gail in Austria, the Meža and Dravinja in Slovenia, and the Bednja in Croatia from the south, as well as the Möll, the Gurk and the Lavant in Austria, and the Mur (near Legrad) in Croatia from the north are its main tributaries.