Depths vary from 1 to 8 metres. In its middle section, the Danube looks more like a flatbed river, with around half the speed of the Upper Danube, with low banks and a bed that reaches a width of more than 1.
Only in two stretches - at Visegrad Hungary and at the Iron Gates - does the river flow through narrow, canyon-like gorges.
There the river slows down abruptly and loses its transporting capacity, leading to the deposition of enormous quantities of gravel and sand on the riverbed. This deposition has formed two large islands, one on the Slovakian side of the river and the other on the Hungarian side.
The riverbed is shallow and marshy, and low terraces stretch along both banks. Deposition has formed a large number of islands along these reaches, including Csepel Island near Budapest. In this stretch, the Danube is joined by the waters of three major tributaries - the Drava, the Tisza and the Sava - which nearly triples its flow. Beyond the Iron Gates, the Lower Danube flows across a wide plain; the river becomes shallower and broader, with several major islands, and the current slows down considerably.
The tributaries that enter the main river along this section, including the Iskar, the Olt, the Yantra, the Siret and the Prut are comparatively small and only account for a modest increase in the total flow rate. Geroge , which carries the remainder. Only the km canalised and dredged Sulina Channel is navigable. The main tributary of the Inn is the River Salzach.
Today, its collections comprise Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, sculptures and decorative arts, and significant European paintings from the 14th to 18th centuries. The Baroque structures of the current complex were built between , and their library holds a remarkable collection of medieval manuscripts from the 12th — 15th centuries.
Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic: Prague's ancient Hradcany Castle district is dominated by the 1,year-old Prague Castle complex of palaces, courtyards and gardens, the center of government for the kingdom of Bohemia under the Habsburgs for centuries and, later, Czechoslovakia. Within this complex lies Strahov Monastery and its gorgeous Baroque libraries dating back to the 18th century.
Food Germany: Along with its beers, breads and cheeses, Germany — especially Bavaria — is renowned for bratwurst. In one tavern in Regensburg, this sausage has been served the same way for years — grilled over charcoal, with sauerkraut and mustard. Austria: Wiener schnitzel is the traditional Austrian dish featuring boneless meat, pounded with a mallet, then fried in an egg-and-breadcrumb coating. Another longstanding custom are the heurigen — traditional taverns attached to fine wineries, which can be found in the Vienna Woods, just outside the city.
Hungary: With roots dating back to the 9th century AD, goulash — a thick soup or stew of meat, vegetables and noodles and flavored with paprika and other spices — rules in Hungary, but nearly every country along the Danube has its own national version. Wine The Danube River valley is home to many world-class wines, and viticulture in the region goes back nearly 2, years. Here is just a sampling:. This role created important trade and transportation centers all along it, including Regensburg and Ulm in Germany, Linz and Vienna in Austria, Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, Budapest, capital of Hungary, and Belgrade, the former capital of Yugoslavia and now the capital of Serbia.
Flooding has been a problem there since Roman times and still is — because of the floods, no major cities developed on the Danube downstream of Belgrade. Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is 80 km 50 miles uphill from the Danube, well protected from the spring floods.
Historically this trade corridor along the Danube gave rise to two major empires, the Austrian and Hungarian, which merged under Austria in the early 19th century, becoming the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Further downstream the flood-prone plains of Wallachia effectively formed a significant boundary between modern Romania and Bulgaria, allowing for a significant cultural boundary between these two regions. In fact, the lower Danube became a critical cultural border region between Austria and the Ottoman Empire.
To this day Romania and Bulgaria reflect their respective and separate histories with Romania having a Romance language and Bulgaria demonstrating key historic affinities in architecture and religion with the Ottoman Turks.
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