Drave

Drave (Ger. Drau), a river of Austria, rising in the Tyrol, at an altitude of 5477 feet, and flowing 447 miles with a general east-south-easterly course, through or along the borders of Styria, Croatia, Slavonia, and Hungary, till, 10 miles below Essek, it falls into the Danube. In the first part of its course it is a mountain-torrent, rushing furiously through the mountain passes of Tyrol; but joined by numerous streams, its volume increases, and from Villach downwards (379 miles) it is navigable.