The Danube Plain: Eastern Europe's Dominant Riverine Landscape

The landform region in Eastern Europe dominated by the Danube River is the Danube Plain (also called the Pannonian Basin in its western part). This vast lowland stretches from the foothills of the Alps in Austria eastward to the Black Sea in Romania, spanning about 560 miles (900 km) long and 200 miles (320 km) wide. Drained by the Danube and its tributaries, the plain features fertile soils that have supported agriculture for millennia and hosts major cities including Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.