Mur river

Mur
The Mur valley near Tamsweg in Austria
Native name	Mura
Country	Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary
Basin features
Main source	Hohe Tauern at Muhr, Austria 1,898 m (6,227 ft) 47°7′48″N 13°20′49″E / 47.13000°N 13.34694°E / 47.13000; 13.34694
River mouth	Drava River near Legrad, Croatia 130 m (430 ft) 46°17′54″N 16°53′9″E / 46.29833°N 16.88583°E / 46.29833; 16.88583Coordinates: 46°17′54″N 16°53′9″E / 46.29833°N 16.88583°E / 46.29833; 16.88583
Basin size	13,824 km2 (5,337 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	480 km (300 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 166 m3/s (5,900 cu ft/s)

The Mur (German) or Mura (Croatian, Hungarian, and Slovene; Prekmurje Slovene: Müra or Möra) is a river in Central Europe rising in the Hohe Tauern national park of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria with its source being 1,898 m (6,227 ft) above sea level. It is a tributary of the Drava and subsequently the Danube.

The Mur's total length is around 480 kilometres (300 mi). About 330 km are within the interior of Austria; 95 km flow in and around Slovenia (67 km along the borders with Austria and Croatia, 28 km inside Slovenia), and the rest forms the border between Croatia and Hungary. The largest city on the river is Graz, Austria. Its basin covers an area of 13,800 km² (5,300 sq mi).

Tributaries of the Mur include the Mürz, the Sulm, the Ščavnica, the Ledava and the Trnava.

The river rises in a remote valley within the Lungau region of Austrian state of Salzburg. The river flows eastwards through Tamsweg before crossing the border into the state of Styria.