Rhine–Danube watershed

E359893
drainage divide geographical feature watershed

The Rhine–Danube watershed is the major European drainage divide separating river systems that flow into the North Sea via the Rhine from those that flow into the Black Sea via the Danube.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
European watershed 1
Rhine–Danube watershed canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage divide ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
associatedRiver Danube ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
drainageBasinOnOneSide Rhine River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Rhine basin
drainageBasinOnOtherSide Danube basin ⓘ
drainageDirectionOnDanubeSide southeast toward Black Sea ⓘ
drainageDirectionOnRhineSide northwest toward North Sea ⓘ
drainageDivideBetween Danube ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
environmentalSignificance determines direction of surface water flow ⓘ
flowsToSeparatedSea Black Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
hydrologicalFunction separates catchment areas ⓘ
importance major European drainage divide ⓘ
influences European river transport routes ⓘ
regional hydrology in Central Europe ⓘ
linkedByCanalSystem Rhine–Main–Danube Canal ⓘ
oceanBasinSeparated Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Black Sea drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea basin
partOf European watershed ⓘ
region Alps ⓘ
Bohemian Massif ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Franconian Jura ⓘ
Swabian Jura ⓘ
relatedConcept European watershed ⓘ
continental divide ⓘ
roleInNavigation separates river systems historically linked by canals ⓘ
separates Black Sea drainage basin ⓘ
Danube River basin ⓘ
surface form: Danube basin

North Sea drainage basin ⓘ
Rhine River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Rhine basin
separatesRiverSystemsFlowingTo Black Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhine–Main–Danube Canal → crossesWatershed → Rhine–Danube watershed ⓘ
Col de Bussang → locatedOn → Rhine–Danube watershed ⓘ
this entity surface form: European watershed