1. The Rhine – Danube Corridor http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aSTmeh9-uZM/Tqw2aF_QEuI/AAAAAAAAAro/w1yIj1ckHy8/s1600/%2521DanubeRhineMap.bmp

2. There are many landlocked countries in Europe. http://d-maps.com/m/europemin/europemin09.gif

3. Landlocked countries depend on rivers – and cooperation from other countries – to do most of their exporting.

4. http://deltas.usgs.gov/rivers.aspx?river=danube The Rhine and the Danube are.... major rivers and close together in central Europe.

5. Here’s an idea: Since they come so close to each other, let’s connect them to make a waterway all the way across Europe!!! http://www.eccap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Idea.gif

6. Connecting the rivers where they were closest did not make sense. It was uphill and the rivers were narrow there. Rhine Danube https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Europa_Ludwigskanal_Rhein_Main_Donau.png

7. HOWEVER, there was a large tributary of the Rhine River that came close to the Danube on flatter land. Danube Rhine

8. €2.3 billion euros and 32 years later, Europe had a waterway across the continent.

9. The Rhine River is connected to the Danube by the Main Canal. http://footage.framepool.com/shotimg/864111425-beilngries-canal-rhin-main-danube-oberpfalz-navire-de-charge.jpg

10. The canal is 106 miles long and was built to look as natural as possible. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Panorama_altmuehltal6.jpg http://www.dw.com/image/0,,1227269_4,00.jpg

11. An industrial corridor has grown up along the rivers. http://footage.framepool.com/shotimg/401005030-linz-industrial-area-danube-bridge-architecture.jpg http://www.lngworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Rhine-Main- Danube-LNG-Masterplan-Gets-TEN-T-Funding.jpg

12. http://projects.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/inweh/content/1661/IW%20LEARN/danube-black-sea- strategic-partnership-reducing-pollution-working-paper-1_1.jpg In some areas along the rivers, industrial pollution is a major problem. http://b.static.trunity.net/files/136201_136300/136212/red-mud- bela_szandelszky_kolontarhungary.jpg https://rajuparulekar.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/114.jpg

13. The Danube River drainage basin has been hit especially hard with industrial pollution over the years. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/genealogy/images/f/fa/Danubemap.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111221035647

14. Many of the Danube River drainage basin countries were controlled by the Soviet Union until 1993. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/genealogy/images/f/fa/Danubemap.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111221035647

15. The Soviet Union was very interested in building their empire through industry. http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/genealogy/images/f/fa/Danubemap.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111221035647 They were not, however, particularly concerned about the environment.

16. The European Union is working to help countries on the Rhine-Danube industrial corridor fix pollution problems. And much of the water route is so beautiful that thousands of tourists cruise the rivers every year. http://www.vikingrivercruises.com/images/CRUISE_RhineGetaway_OVR_Rhine- KatizCastle_478x345_tcm21-9363.jpg