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Line 3: The Mura river's ([[Mur]] in [[German]]) source is in the [[Austrian]] [[national park]] [[Hohe Tauern]] ([[Visoke Ture]]). The source is 1898 [[m]] above [[sea level]]. Its total length is 438 [[km]], 295 km in [[Austria]] and 70 km as the border with both Austria and [[Hungary]]. It also passes through [[~~Međimurje~~Medjimurje]] ([[Medjimurska zupanija]]), dividing [[Croatia]] from [[Slovenia]]. In the area of ''upper Međimurje'', in the western part of the region, the Mura floods and change its course rather often, moving slowly toward the north on its left. Here, the biggest forest along the river, the '''Murščak''', is located between [[Domašinec]] and [[Donji Hrašćan]], (''hrast'' is ''oak tree'' in the [[Croatian language]]). Since the 4th century [[BC]], there were reports on floating mills powered by the streams of the rivers. The ancient [[know-how]] was later accepted by arriving [[Slavs]], then by [[Ugars]]. Several decades ago, in the 1920s and '30s, many of these mills were operating along the river. The last one, in [[Mursko Sredisce]], was in use in the 1970s. The river ends near [[Legrad]] in the [[Podravina]] region of [[Croatia]], where it flows into the Drava river. The town used to be part of [[Medimurje]] but a change of the river's course set it to another bank of the river. It is known to carry small quantities of [[gold]], not enough to be suitable for exploitation today but was the activity of many people since ancient times. Organized researrch and exploitation of gold and other local resources was encouraged for the first time in [[1772]].

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