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Place In News: Danube River

November 23, 2023

Context:

  • A new study revealed that sturgeon products sold in the international market were from illegal trade and flouting wildlife protection norms.

More On News: 

  • Sturgeon is a fish native to lower Danube countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine that produces caviar. 
  • According to researchers, sturgeon has been fished illegally.

About Sturgeon: 

  • Sturgeon is the common name for the 28 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae.

About the Danube River: 

  • The Danube River is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. 
  • It flows from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea through much of Central and Southeastern Europe.
  • Originating in Germany, the Danube River flows southeast for around 2,850 km, passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. 

Danube river

  • Among the many cities on the river are four national capitals: Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), and Belgrade (Serbia).
  • The Danube is linked to the North Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, connecting the Danube at Kelheim with the Main at Bamberg.

 

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