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The '''Mur''' ({{IPA-de|ˈmuːɐ̯}}) or '''Mura''' ({{IPA-sl|ˈmúːɾa}} <small>or</small> {{IPA-sl|ˈmùːɾa|}}; {{IPA-sh|mǔːra|langhr}}; {{IPA-hu|ˈmurɒ|lang}}; [[Prekmurje Slovene]]: ''Müra''<ref name="Novak">Novak, Vilko. 2006. ''Slovar stare knjižne prekmurščine''. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, pp. 262, 269.</ref> or ''Möra''<ref name="Novak"/>) is a [[river]] in [[Central Europe]] rising in the [[Hohe Tauern]] national park of the [[Central Eastern Alps]] in [[Austria]] with its source being {{convert|1898|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is a tributary of the [[Drava]] and subsequently the [[Danube]].
 
MuraThe Mur's total length is around {{convert|480|km}}. About 330&nbsp;km are within the interior of [[Austria]]; 95&nbsp;km flow in and around [[Slovenia]] (67&nbsp;km along the borders with Austria and Croatia, 28&nbsp;km inside Slovenia),<ref name="SORS">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.si/letopis/1998/01_98/01-10-98.asp?jezik=en |title=Reke, dolge nad 25 km, in njihova padavinska območja |language=Slovenian, English|trans-title=Rivers, longer than 25 km, and their catchment areas |year=2002 |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia}}</ref> and the rest forms the border between [[Croatia]] and [[Hungary]]. The largest city on the river is [[Graz]], Austria. Its basin covers an area of {{convert|13800|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Croatia Yearbook 2015|page=49}}</ref>
 
[[Tributary|Tributaries]] of the Mur include the [[Mürz]], the [[Sulm (Austria)|Sulm]], the [[Ščavnica]], the [[Ledava]] and the [[Trnava (Međimurje)|Trnava]].<ref name="SORS"/>