Main-Danube Canal
The Main-Danube Canal also known as the Europakanal or the Rhein-Main Donau Kanal is mostly in Franconia and partly in Bavaria. It links the Danube with the Main, a tributary of the Rhine, and thus the Black Sea to the North Sea.
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Bavaria, Germany which connects the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed
- Also known as: “Europa Canal”, “Europa Kanal”, “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”, “Rhine-Main-Danube Canal”, “Rhine–Main–Danube Canal”, and “RMD Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heilig Kreuz and Heilig Kreuz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelheim and Herrnsaal.
Kelheim
Main-Danube Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.9104° or 48° 54′ 37″ north
Longitude
11.90613° or 11° 54′ 22″ east
Elevation
334 metres (1,096 feet)
Open location code
8FWHWW64+5F
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Main-Danube Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة راين-ماين-دانوب”
- Armenian: “Ռեյն-Մայն-Դանուբ թունել”
- Basque: “Rhin-Main-Danubio ubidea”
- Belarusian: “канал Рэйн-Майн-Дунай”
- Bosnian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Bosnian: “Kanal Rajna–Majna–Dunav”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн - Майн - Дунав”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн – Майн – Дунав”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн-Майн-Дунав”
- Cebuano: “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Chinese: “美因-多瑙河运河”
- Chinese: “莱茵河-美因河-多瑙河运河”
- Chinese: “萊茵河-美因河-多瑙河運河”
- Croatian: “Kanal Rajna – Majna – Dunav”
- Croatian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Czech: “Kanál Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Kanál Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Czech: “Průplav Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Průplav Rýn–Mohan–Dunaj”
- Danish: “Main-Donau-Kanalen”
- Danish: “Rhein-Main-Donau kanalen”
- Dutch: “Main-Donau kanaal”
- Dutch: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Dutch: “Main-Donaukanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Donaukanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Main-Donau Kanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Main-Donaukanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة الراين مين الدانوب”
- Esperanto: “Eŭropa Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo Majno-Danubo”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo Rejno-Majno-Danubo”
- Esperanto: “Majn-Danuba kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Majno-Danubo-Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Rejn-Majn-Danuba Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Rejno-Majno-Danubo-Kanalo”
- Estonian: “Euroopa kanal”
- Estonian: “Maini-Doonau kanal”
- Estonian: “Reini-Maini-Doonau kanal”
- Finnish: “Reinin-Mainin-Tonavan kanava”
- Finnish: “Reinin–Mainin–Tonavan kanava”
- French: “Canal Main-Danube”
- French: “canal Rhin-Main-Danube”
- French: “Canal Rhin-Main-Danube”
- French: “Rhin-danube”
- German: “Europakanal”
- German: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- German: “MDK”
- German: “Neuer Kanal”
- German: “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”
- German: “RMD-Kanal”
- Greek: “Κανάλι Ρήνου-Μάιν-Δούναβη”
- Hebrew: “תעלת אירופה”
- Hebrew: “תעלת מיין-דנובה”
- Hebrew: “תעלת מיין–דנובה”
- Hungarian: “Majna–Duna-csatorna”
- Hungarian: “Rajna–Majna–Duna-csatorna”
- Indonesian: “Kanal Rhine–Main–Danube”
- Italian: “Canale Reno-Meno-Danubio”
- Japanese: “マイン・ドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “マイン＝ドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “マインドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “ライン・マイン・ドナウ運河”
- Javanese: “Rhine-Main-Danube Canal”
- Korean: “라인 마인 도나우 운하”
- Korean: “마인-다뉴브 운하”
- Korean: “마인-도나우 운하”
- Lao: “ຄອງໄຣນ໌ ເມນ ດານູບ”
- Lithuanian: “Reino–Maino–Dunojaus kanalas”
- Malay: “Terusan Sungai Rhine”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Main–Donau-kanalen”
- Norwegian: “Main–Donau-kanalen”
- Persian: “کانال ماین-دانوب”
- Polish: “Kanał Men-Dunaj”
- Polish: “Kanał Ren-Men-Dunaj”
- Portuguese: “Canal Meno-Danúbio”
- Portuguese: “Canal Reno-Meno-Danúbio”
- Portuguese: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Romanian: “Canalul Main-Dunăre”
- Romanian: “Canalul Main–Dunăre”
- Romanian: “Canalul Rhein-Main-Donau”
- Romanian: “Canalul Rin-Main-Dunăre”
- Russian: “Канал Рейн — Майн — Дунай”
- Russian: “Канал Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Serbian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Serbian: “Канал Дунав-Рајна-Мајна”
- Serbian: “Канал Рајна-Мајна-Дунав”
- Serbian: “Канал Рајна—Мајна—Дунав”
- Serbian: “Рајна-Мајна-Дунав”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanal Rajna – Majna – Dunav”
- Slovak: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Slovak: “Mohansko-dunajský prieplav”
- Slovak: “Prieplav Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Slovak: “Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Slovenian: “kanal Ren-Majna-Donava”
- Slovenian: “Kanal Ren-Majna-Donava”
- Spanish: “Canal Rin-Main-Danubio”
- Spanish: “Canal Rin-Meno-Danubio”
- Swedish: “Europakanalen”
- Swedish: “Main-Donau-kanalen”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Main-Donau-kanalen”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Main-Donaukanalen”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Майн-Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Рейн — Майн — Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Rhein-Main-Donau”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Rhine-Main-Danube”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Rhine–Main–Danube”
- Welsh: “Camlas Rhine-Main-Danube”
- Western Armenian: “Ռայն Մայն Դանուբի Նեղուց”
- “Main-Donau-Kanal”
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