The
Danube's tributary rivers reach into seven
other countries. Some Danubian tributaries
are important rivers in their own right,
navigable by barges and river boats of
shallow draught. The Danube is navigable
by ocean ships from the Black Sea to Braila,
in Romania and by river ships to Ulm,
in Germany. About 60 of its tributaries
are also navigable. See Danube-Black Sea
Canal. Since the construction of the German
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in 1992, the river
has been part of a trans-European waterway
from Rotterdam on the North Sea to Sulina
on the Black Sea (3500 km). In 1994 the
Danube was declared one of ten Pan-European
transport corridors, routes in Central
and Eastern Europe that required major
investment over the following ten to fifteen
years. The amount of goods transported
on the Danube increased to about 100 million
tons in 1987.
The
Danube's tributary rivers reach into seven
other countries. Some Danubian tributaries
are important rivers in their own right,
navigable by barges and river boats of
shallow draught. The Danube is navigable
by ocean ships from the Black Sea to Braila,
in Romania and by river ships to Ulm,
in Germany. About 60 of its tributaries
are also navigable. See Danube-Black Sea
Canal. Since the construction of the German
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal in 1992, the river
has been part of a trans-European waterway
from Rotterdam on the North Sea to Sulina
on the Black Sea (3500 km). In 1994 the
Danube was declared one of ten Pan-European
transport corridors, routes in Central
and Eastern Europe that required major
investment over the following ten to fifteen
years. The amount of goods transported
on the Danube increased to about 100 million
tons in 1987.
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