Editing Drava (section)

==Course==
[[File:Drauquellen.jpg|thumb|left|Drava sources, Innichen]]
The sources of the Drava are located at the [[drainage divide]] between the market town of Innichen/San Candido and neighbouring [[Toblach]]/[[Dobbiaco]] in the west, where the [[Rienz]] River rises, a tributary of the [[Adige]]/[[Etsch]]. At Innichen itself the 16+ km {{interlanguage link|Sextner Bach|de|}},<ref>[http://umwelt.provinz.bz.it/wasser/suedtiroler-fluesse-und-baeche.asp?news_action=4&news_article_id=550401 Sextner Bach] at the South Tyrol/Alto Adige agency for the environment website</ref> originating near the [[Sextener Rotwand]], joins the ~2&nbsp;km long source creek. The river than flows eastwards and after 8 kilometres crosses into East Tyrol in Austria. At [[Lienz]] it flows into the [[Isel (river)|Isel]], sourced from the glaciers of the [[Venediger Group|Venediger]] and [[Glockner Group]]s. The Isel (average discharge 39&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/s) is almost three times larger than the Drava (14&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/s) where they meet and, starting from the source of its tributary {{interlanguage link|Schwarzach (Isel)|lt= Schwarzach|de|}} under the [[Rötspitze]], the Isel (ca. 64&nbsp;km) is also longer than the combined Drava and Sextner Bach (ca. 60&nbsp;km) to that point.<ref>Hydrographisches Jahrbuch Österreichs 2008, S. OG322</ref><ref name=jdrcar/>

The river then flows east into Carinthia at [[Oberdrauburg]]. The river separates the [[Kreuzeck group|Kreuzeck]] range of the [[High Tauern]] in the north and the [[Gailtal Alps]] in the south, passes the [[Sachsenburg]] narrows and the site of the ancient city of [[Teurnia]], before it reaches the town of [[Spittal an der Drau]]. Downstream of [[Villach]], it runs along the northern slopes of the [[Karawanks]] to [[Ferlach]] and [[Lavamünd]].

The Drava passes into Slovenia at [[Gorče]] near [[Dravograd]], from where it runs for {{convert|142|km|mi}}{{GeoQuelle|SI|SURS}} via [[Vuzenica]], [[Muta, Slovenia|Muta]], [[Ruse, Slovenia|Ruše]], and [[Maribor]] to [[Ptuj]] and the border with Croatia at [[Ormož]]. The river then passes [[Varaždin]], [[Belišće]] and [[Osijek]] in Croatia, and [[Barcs]] in Hungary. It is navigable for about {{convert|90|km|mi}} from [[Čađavica, Croatia|Čađavica]] in Croatia to its mouth.

The [[hydrological]] parameters of Drava are regularly monitored in Croatia at [[Botovo, Croatia|Botovo]], [[Terezino Polje]], [[Donji Miholjac]] and Osijek.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hidro.hr/hidro_e.php?id=hidro&param=Podaci_e | title = Daily hydrological report | publisher = [[State Hydrometeorological Bureau of the Republic of Croatia]] | access-date = 2010-09-09 | archive-date = 2010-05-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100530062812/http://hidro.hr/hidro_e.php?id=hidro&param=Podaci_e | url-status = dead }}</ref>