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Explore the major rivers of Europe, including the Rhine River, the Seine River, and the Thames River, perhaps the most famous river in all of Europe.
Featured Article: The Avon River
Avon River, a small stream in England associated with Shakespeare, whose home was Stratford on Avon. See more »
Achelous
Achelous, in Greek mythology, a river god. He was the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and father of the Sirens.
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Alma, a Ukranian river. It was the scene of the first battle of the Crimean War. The Alma flows from the Crimean Mountains about 45 miles (72 km) into the Black Sea.
See more »The Adige River
Adige River, a river in northeastern Italy, 225 miles (362 km) long. From its source in the Rhaetian Alps of northern Italy, near the Austrian border, it flows generally southeastward through the provinces of Trentino–Alto Adige and Venetia.
See more »The Arno River
Arno River, a river in Italy. Its source is in the Apennine Mountains of Tuscany at an altitude of nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 m).
See more »The Avon River
Avon River, a small stream in England associated with Shakespeare, whose home was Stratford on Avon.
See more »The Bug River
Bug, the name of two rivers of eastern Europe. The Southern Bug is in Ukraine. It flows to the southeast into the Black Sea near Nikolayev.
See more »The Clyde River
Clyde River, the chief river of Scotland. It flows 106 miles (170 km) north and northwest from the Southern Uplands to the Firth of Clyde, an estuary and an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
See more »The Danube River
Danube River, one of the great rivers in Europe, second only to the Volga in length and discharge of water.
See more »The Dnieper River
Dnieper River, a river in eastern Europe. It is 1,420 miles (2,285 km) long, the third longest in Europe.
See more »The Dniester River
Dniester River, a large river in eastern Europe. From its source in the Carpathian Mountains in the Ukrainian district of Galicia it flows southeastward for 865 miles (1,390 km) through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
See more »The Douro River
Douro (or Duero)River, a river of Portugal and Spain. (Douro is Portuguese; Duero is Spanish.) Its source is in the Old Castile region of north-central Spain.
See more »The Drava River
Drava River, (German: Drau, drou), a major tributary of the Danube, in south-central Europe.
See more »The Dvina River
Dvina River, the name of two rivers in eastern Europe. The Northern Dvinais formed in European Russia at Velikiy Ustyug by the Sukhona and Yug rivers.
See more »The Ebro River
Ebro River, one of the chief rivers of Spain. It begins in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain and flows southeastward about 570 miles (920 km) to its delta in the Mediterranean Sea.
See more »The Elbe River
Elbe River, (Czech: Labe), a major river of central Europe. It begins in the Sudeten Mountains of the Czech Republic and flows some 725 miles (1,165 km) to the North Sea through the Czech Republic and Germany.
See more »The Ems River
Ems River, a river in northwestern Germany. It begins in the Teutoburgerwald and flows generally northward for about 210 miles (338 km), emptying into the North Sea at the Dutch border.
See more »The Forth River
Forth River, a major river of Scotland. The Forth River begins near Loch Lomond and flows southeastward for some 65 miles (105 km).
See more »The Garonne River
Garonne River, a river of southwestern France. It is 402 miles (647 km) long. From its source in the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain, it flows northeastward to Toulouse, then northwestward; near Bordeaux it joins the Dordogne River to form an estuary called the Gironde.
See more »The Inn River
Inn River (ancient name: Aenus), a river of central Europe. It is about 320 miles (515 km) long.
See more »The Kama River
Kama River, a major tributary of the Volga River in Russia. From its source in the hills west of Perm it flows generally southward 1,260 miles (2,028 km) to the Volga.
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