European Rivers Flashcards
Thames
SE England
Through London
Trent
Midlands England
Shannon
Ireland
Out at Limerick
Seine
N France
Through Paris
Loire
C to NW France
Through Orleans and Nantes
Garonne
SW France
Out at Bordeaux
Rhone
Swiss Alps to SE France
Through Lake Geneva
Ebro
N to NE Spain
Douro
W through Spain and Portugal
N of Tagus
Out at Porto
Tagus
C Spain W through Portugal
S of Douro
Out near Lisbon
Longest in Iberia
Guadalquivir
SE to S (W of Gibraltar) Spain
Through Cordoba and Seville
Guadiana/Odiana
C Spain to S border through Algarve
Out to Gulf of Cadiz
Po
E across N italy
Start Cottian Alps
Out to Adriatic near Venice
Connected to Milan by da Vinci’s work
Tiber
Start Apennine Mountains
Through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio
Past Rome
Adige
Starts in Alps near border with Austria + Swiss
S through NE Italy
Out to Adriatic
Rhine
Starts in Switzerland
Through Germany + Netherlands
Out to North Sea
Through Cologne
Oder
Starts in Czechia
Through Poland and on Polish-German border
Out into Bay of Pomerania
Vistula
S to N Poland
Through Warsaw
Longest in Poland
Danube
Starts in Germany
Through 10 countries
Out to Black Sea in Ukraine
2nd longest in Europe
Pineios
Starts Pindus mountains
Out Aegean Sea
Named after river god Peneus
Dniester
Starts Ukraine
Through Moldova
Out to Black Sea in Ukraine
Sarmatian derived “close river”
Dnieper
Starts Valdai Hills, Russia
Through Belarus and Ukraine
Out to Black Sea
Means deep river or river on the far side
Don
Starts Russia
Out into Sea of Azov
Volga
Starts Valdai Hills
Through C Russia
Out to Caspian Sea
Longest in Europe
