Rába
The Rába at Molnaszecsőd
Location
Countries	Austria and Hungary
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Austrian Alps (Teichalm)
• elevation	1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Mouth
• location	Danube (Mosoni Duna branch), Győr
• coordinates	47°41′03″N 17°38′04″E / 47.68417°N 17.63444°E / 47.68417; 17.63444
Length	298.2 km (185.3 mi) [1]
Basin size	10,401 km2 (4,016 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	18 m3/s (640 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Lafnitz, Pinka, Gyöngyös
• right	Marcal
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Rába valley
Designated	6 October 2006
Reference no.	1645[2]

The Rába (German: Raab; Hungarian: Rába; Slovene: Raba [ˈɾáːba]^[3]) is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a right tributary of the Danube.

Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur below Heubodenhöhe Hill. It flows through the Austrian states of Styria and Burgenland, and the Hungarian counties of Vas and Győr-Moson-Sopron. Of the Rába's 298.2 km (185.3 mi) length, about 100 km is in Austria.^[1] It flows into a tributary of the Danube (Mosoni-Duna) in northwestern Hungary, in the city of Győr. Its basin area is 10,401 km² (4,016 sq mi).^[4] Towns along the Rába include Gleisdorf, Feldbach (both in Austria), and Szentgotthárd and Körmend (in Hungary). In the early Cenozoic the river used to flow in the opposite direction, but tectonic uplift reversed this flow.

The Rába was attested as Latin Arrabo and Greek Arabon (Ἀραβον) in antiquity, as Raba and Hrapa in AD 791, and as ad Rapam in 890. The various modern names of the river are derived from the Romance reflex Rābo. The name is probably Indo-European, but its origin is unknown.^[5]

The Rába Slovenes, living in the Rába Valley (Sln. Porabje, Hung. Vendvidék), are the westernmost group of Hungarian Slovenes. The Raba Valley is part of the wider region of Prekmurje.^[6]