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The Brigach is the shorter of two streams that jointly form the river Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Brigach has its source at 925 m (3,035 ft) above sea level within St. Georgen in the Black Forest. The Brigach crosses the city Villingen-Schwenningen. 40.4 km (25.1 mi) from the source, the Brigach joins the Breg in Donaueschingen ...
- 196.7 km² (75.9 sq mi)
- Germany
- 40.4 km (25.1 mi)
- Baden-Württemberg
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The Brigach and the Breg become the Danube after 1.5 km. The source is one of 22 sources in the area of the junction of Brigach and Berg. All of these sources are fed by both water which trickles away above them and rainfall which trickles away on the karstified downs of a landscape called Baar. Together, the Brigach and the Breg empty out ...
Danube is an Old European river name derived from the Celtic ' danu ' or ' don ' [16] (both Celtic gods), which itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European *deh₂nu. Other European river names from the same root include the Dunaj, Dzvina/ Daugava, Don, Donets, Dnieper, Dniestr, Dysna and Tana/Deatnu.
- 1,078 m (3,537 ft)
- 2,850 km (1,770 mi)
- 801,463 km² (309,447 sq mi)
- Brigach
The Breg is the longest and biggest headstream of the river Danube. It flows through the southeast part of the Middle Black Forest and the lowlands of the Baar region . The Breg rises at a height of 1,078 m above sea level (NN), six kilometres northwest of Furtwangen. Its source, which is near St. Martin's Chapel and is also called the source ...
- 291.488 km²
- Germany
- 46.153 km
- Baden-Württemberg
Other articles where Brigach is discussed: Danube River: Physiography: …two small streams—the Breg and Brigach—from the eastern slopes of the Black Forest mountains of Germany, which partially consist of limestone. From Donaueschingen, where the headstreams unite, the Danube flows northeastward in a narrow, rocky bed. To the north rise the wooded slopes of the Swabian and the Franconian ...
The Danube ( Latin name Hister) is the second-longest river in Europe (the Volga is the longest). It is the longest river of the European Union . The river is 2,860 km (1,777 mi) long. Brigach and Breg join in Donaueschingen (near the Black Forest) to "make" the Danube. The Danube flows through or makes part of the border of 10 countries ...
