Danube River Research Project_Year 6

THE DANUBE RIVER

KIAN HENDRIK SCHMIDT

POWER POINT RESEARCH PROJECT YEAR 6

DANUBE RIVER IS

• THE SECOND LONGEST IN EUROPE AFTER THE VOLGA.

• IT RISES IN THE BLACK FOREST MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN

GERMANY.

• IT FLOWS FOR SOME 1,770 MILES (2,850 KM)

• … TO ITS MOUTH ON THE BLACK SEA.

SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHICALFEATURES

• THE UPPER DANUBE SPRINGS AS TWO SMALL STREAMS

- THE BREG AND THE BRIGACH -

… FROM THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLACK FOREST.

• THE HEADSTREAMS UNITE IN DONAUESCHINGEN.


THE UPPER

DANUBE

SPRINGS AS

TWO SMALL

STREAMS

- THE BREG AND

BRIGACH -

IN BLACK

FOREST

MOUNTAINS OF

GERMANY.

ALONG ITS COURSE IT PASSESTHROUGH 10 COUNTRIES:

• GERMANY

• AUSTRIA

• SLOVAKIA

• HUNGARY

• CROATIA

• SERBIA

• BULGARIA

• ROMANIA

• MOLDOVA

• UKRAINE

SYNONYM / INTERNATIONAL NAMES

• ENGLISH DANUBE RIVER

• GERMAN DONAU

• SLOVAK DUNAJ

• HUNGARIAN DUNA

• SERBO-CROATIAN & BULGARIAN DUNAV

• ROMANIAN DUNĂREA

• UKRAINIAN DUNAY


• THE DANUBE HAS A VAST DRAINAGE OF SOME 315,000 SQUARE

MILES (817,000 SQUARE KM).

• THERE IS A VARIETY OF THE NATURAL CONDITIONS, WHICH

AFFECT THE ORIGINS OF ITS WATERCOURSES.

• THE RESULT OF THIS PHYSIOGRAPHY IS THE FORMATION OF A

BRANCHING, DENSE, DEEPWATER RIVER NETWORK.

• THE RIVER NETWORK OF THE DANUBE INCLUDES SOME 300

TRIBUTARIES, MORE THAN 30 OF WHICH ARE NAVIGABLE.

“KAZAN GORGE”, SERBIA (LEFT) & ROMANIA (RIGHT)

A CONSTRICTION IN

THE IRON GATE GORGE

SYSTEM, UPSTREAM OF

THE ÐERDAP DAM,

DANUBE RIVER.

SERBIA IS ON THE LEFT

AND ROMANIA ON THE

RIGHT.

CONFLUENCE OF SAVA AND DANUBE RIVERSIN BELGRADE, SERBIA

THE CONFLUENCE OF THE

SAVA (FOREGROUND) AND

DANUBE RIVERS

(BACKGROUND).

THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN

FROM THE KALEMEGDAN

FORTRESS, BELGRADE,

SERBIA.

THE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE

• THE RIVER’S MAJESTY HAS LONG

BEEN CELEBRATED IN MUSIC.

• THE FAMOUS WALTZ AN DER

SCHÖNEN, BLAUEN DONAU (1867;

THE BLUE DANUBE), BY JOHANN

STRAUSS THE YOUNGER,

… BECAME THE SYMBOL OF IMPERIAL

VIENNA !!

JOHANN STRAUSS THE YOUNGER

Vienna


• THE DANUBE PLAYED

A VITAL ROLE IN THE

… SETTLEMENT AND

POLITICAL EVOLUTION

OF CENTRAL AND

SOUTHEASTERN

EUROPE.


• THE BANKS ALONG THE DANUBE

FORMED THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN

GREAT EMPIRES.

• THE BANKS ARE LINED WITH CASTLES

AND FORTRESSES.

• ONCE THEY PROTECTED THESE

GREAT EMPIRES.

• SOME OF THEM NOW DRAW TOURISTS

TO THE AREA.


• WE REMEMBER:

THE DANUBE RIVER IS THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN EUROPE.

• FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT ROUTE FOR

TRADE AND TRAVEL THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN

EUROPE.

Rafts and boats at the

„Ferdinandsbrücke“ in Vienna,

Austria, 1825


• THE WATERS OF THE DANUBE SERVED AS A VITAL COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY BETWEEN NATIONS ALONG ITS BANKS.

• AND THIS HAS NEVER CHANGED!

IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE DANUBE RIVER HAS CONTINUED ITS

ROLE AS AN IMPORTANT TRADE ARTERY.

FOR TRADE ...

… AND FOR TRAVEL !!


• THE DANUBE HAS BEEN HARNESSED FOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER,

PARTICULARLY ALONG THE UPPER COURSES.

• THE MOST FAMOUS HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION IS IRON GATE II

… A LARGE DAM ON THE DANUBE RIVER, BETWEEN ROMANIA AND SERBIA,

… BUILD IN A NATURAL CONSTRICTION IN THE IRON GATE GORGE SYSTEM.

• THE PROJECT STARTED IN 1977. AT THE TIME OF COMPLETION IN 1984 THE DAM

HAD 16 UNITS GENERATING A TOTAL OF 432 MW.

IRON-GATE II - HYDROELECTRIC POWER-STATION

IRON GATE II

HYDROELECTRIC

POWER STATION

GENERATING HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER

SIGNIFICANT HUMAN GEOGRAPHICALFEATURES

• THE WATERS OF THE DANUBE SERVED AS A VITAL COMMERCIAL

HIGHWAY BETWEEN NATIONS.

• THE CITIES ALONG ITS BANKS, HAVE DEPENDED UPON IT FOR THEIR

ECONOMIC GROWTH

… INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CAPITALS OF VIENNA (AUSTRIA),

BUDAPEST (HUNGARY), AND BELGRADE (SERBIA).

CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ON THE

DANUBE STILL RELY HEAVILY ON THE RIVER

FOR TRADE !!

DANUBE RIVER & CANAL, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

DANUBE RIVER (LEFT) AND DANUBE CANAL (RIGHT) IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA.

DANUBE RIVER, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

HUNGARY’S PARLIAMENT

BUILDING,

ON THE DANUBE RIVER,

BUDAPEST.

DANUBE RIVER, BELGRAD, SERBIA

PLANTS AND ANIMALS ALONG THE DANUBE

• THE DANUBE IS THE MAJOR RIVER OF EUROPE, CONNECTING

CENTRAL EUROPE TO THE SOUTH-EASTERN PARTS.

• BECAUSE OF ITS LARGE AREA AND VERY DIVERSE HABITATS

GRAVEL ISLANDS ON THE UPPER RIVER

LARGE REMAINING FOREST FLOODPLAINS

EXTENDED WETLANDS ON THE LOWER RIVER –

… IT PROVIDES SUITABLE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR A LARGE NUMBER

OF DIFFERENT SPECIES.

THE DANUBE RIVER – EUROPE’S BACKBONEOF BIODIVERSITY

THE COMPLETE RIVER BASIN,

INCLUDING TRIBUTARIES, IS HOME

TO AROUND

• 2,000 PLANT AND

• 5,000 ANIMAL SPECIES,

… INCLUDING NUMEROUS

ENDANGERED OR NEARLY EXTINCT

SPECIES.

THE AIM: CONSERVATION OF NATURALPROCESSES

THE INCREDIBLE BIODIVERSITY IN

FLOODPLAINS IS BASED ON THE

… WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT HABITATS

… DEVELOPED BY THE PERMANENT

CHANGE OF PARAMETERS OF THE WATER

REGIME.

HIGHLY DYNAMIC RIVER HABITATS - LIKE

GRAVEL BANKS AND SANDY ISLANDS - ARE

SOME OF THE MOST ENDANGERED

ECOSYSTEMS.

NATURE PROTECTION ON A RIVER

HAS TO BE BASED ON RIVER

DYNAMICS.

SIGNIFICANT HUMAN GEOGRAPHICALFEATURES

• NOWADAYS THE DANUBE IS STILL OF GREAT ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO THE

10 COUNTRIES THAT BORDER IT.

UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, SERBIA, CROATIA, HUNGARY, BULGARIA, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA, AND

GERMANY.

• ALL OF WHICH VARIOUSLY USE THE RIVER FOR:

• FREIGHT TRANSPORT

• THE GENERATION OF HYDROELECTRICITY

• INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WATER SUPPLIES

• IRRIGATION

• AND FISHING.

• THE MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC USE OF THE

DANUBE.

CONCLUSION:

THE BEST STRATEGY FOR THE NATIONS ALONG THE

DANUBE IS

TO FOCUS ON BOTH - TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT !!

SOURCES

• HTTP://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/PLACE/DANUBE-RIVER

• HTTP://KIDS.BRITANNICA.COM/ELEMENTARY/ARTICLE-439434/DANUBE-RIVER

• HTTP://WORLDTRADESCANNER.COM/DANUBE%20FREEZES%20HAMPERING%20TRADE.HTM

• HTTPS://EUOBSERVER.COM/TRANSPORT/28387

• HTTP://WWW.RAILTOURS.AT/SONDERANGEBOTE/DEUTSCHLAND/PASSAU/SCHIFFFAHRT-IN-PASSAU-6-

10628-1.HTML

• HTTP://WIRTSCHAFTSBLATT.AT/HOME/NACHRICHTEN/EUROPA_CEE/1460074/DONAUSCHIFFFAHRT-

ERHAELT-RUCKENWIND-AUS-DER-TURKEI

• HTTP://MAGAZIN.WOXIKON.DE/29286/BUDAPEST-HISTORISCHES-JUWEL-IM-HERZEN-EUROPAS/

• HTTPS://DE.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DONAU

• HTTP://I.YTIMG.COM/VI/MZI5AIJW7WO/MAXRESDEFAULT.JPG

• HTTP://WWW.WRMJOURNAL.COM/INDEX.PHP?OPTION=COM_CONTENT&VIEW=ARTICLE&ID=151:MONITO

RING-OF-THE-IRON-GATE-HYDROPOWER-AND-NAVIGATION-SYSTEM-ON-THE-DANUBE-

RIVER&CATID=45:NO-9&ITEMID=182

• HTTP://FISHINGLIFESTYLE.NET/2010/08/5-THINGS-YOU-MUST-KNOW-ABOUT-PIKE-FISHING/

• HTTP://WWW.ICPDR.ORG/MAIN/PUBLICATIONS/DANUBE-RIVER-EUROPES-BACKBONE-BIODIVERSITY

• HTTP://IAG.ME/SOCIALMEDIA/STOP-SAYING-THANKS-ON-SOCIAL-MEDIA/

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