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Thames

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SE England

Through London

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Trent

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Midlands England

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Shannon

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Ireland

Out at Limerick

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Seine

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N France

Through Paris

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Loire

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C to NW France

Through Orleans and Nantes

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Garonne

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SW France

Out at Bordeaux

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Rhone

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Swiss Alps to SE France

Through Lake Geneva

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Ebro

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N to NE Spain

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Douro

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W through Spain and Portugal
N of Tagus
Out at Porto

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Tagus

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C Spain W through Portugal
S of Douro
Out near Lisbon
Longest in Iberia

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Guadalquivir

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SE to S (W of Gibraltar) Spain

Through Cordoba and Seville

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Guadiana/Odiana

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C Spain to S border through Algarve

Out to Gulf of Cadiz

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Po

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E across N italy
Start Cottian Alps
Out to Adriatic near Venice
Connected to Milan by da Vinci’s work

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Tiber

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Start Apennine Mountains
Through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio
Past Rome

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Adige

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Starts in Alps near border with Austria + Swiss
S through NE Italy
Out to Adriatic

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Rhine

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Starts in Switzerland
Through Germany + Netherlands
Out to North Sea
Through Cologne

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Oder

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Starts in Czechia
Through Poland and on Polish-German border
Out into Bay of Pomerania

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Vistula

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S to N Poland
Through Warsaw
Longest in Poland

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Danube

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Starts in Germany
Through 10 countries
Out to Black Sea in Ukraine
2nd longest in Europe

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Pineios

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Starts Pindus mountains
Out Aegean Sea
Named after river god Peneus

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Dniester

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Starts Ukraine
Through Moldova
Out to Black Sea in Ukraine
Sarmatian derived “close river”

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Dnieper

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Starts Valdai Hills, Russia
Through Belarus and Ukraine
Out to Black Sea
Means deep river or river on the far side

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Don

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Starts Russia

Out into Sea of Azov

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Volga

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Starts Valdai Hills
Through C Russia
Out to Caspian Sea
Longest in Europe

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