List of rivers of Europe
|
|
These are the main rivers of Europe (ecologically, the extreme west of the Palearctic ecozone - which includes Russia in the east). See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc.
The largest rivers of Europe are:
- Volga, draining into the Caspian Sea;
- Danube and Dnieper, draining into the Black Sea;
- Rhine and Elbe, draining into the North Sea;
- Vistula, draining into the Baltic Sea;
- Loire and Tagus, draining into the Atlantic Ocean;
- Rhône, draining into the Mediterranean Sea;
- Po, draining into the Adriatic Sea.
In the list below, the European rivers are grouped by sea or ocean they flow into. They are sorted along the coast line of the seas and oceans. Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea.
- Note for additions: please remember to add the city where the river meets for each river.
| Contents |
Barents Sea and White Sea (Arctic Ocean)
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway).
In Russia:
- Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar)
- Northern Dvina (in Severodvinsk)
- Pinega (in Ust-Pinega)
- Yemtsa (near Bolshaya Gora)
- Vaga (near Bereznik)
- Uftyuga (near Krasnoborsk)
- Vychegda (in Kotlas)
- Yug (in Veliki Ustyug)
- Sukhona (in Veliki Ustyug)
Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian Sea
In Norway:
Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English coast
In Northern Ireland:
In Ireland (including Celtic Sea):
- Shannon (near Limerick)
- Suck (near Ballinasloe)
- Brosna
In England (Bristol Channel):
French, Spanish and Portuguese coast
The rivers in this section are sorted north (Brest) to south (Tarifa).
In France:
- Loire (in Saint-Nazaire)
- Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
- Erdre (in Nantes)
- Maine (near Angers)
- Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Gartempe (in La Roche-Posay)
- Clain (in Châtellerault)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Indre (east of Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Cher (in Villandry)
- Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
- Arnon (near Vierzon)
- Beuvron (in Chaumont-sur-Loire)
- Loiret (in Orléans)
- Allier (near Nevers)
- Sioule (near Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule)
- Dore (near Puy-Guillaume)
- Besbre (near Dompierre-sur-Besbre)
- Arroux (in Digoin)
- Sèvre Niortaise (north of La Rochelle)
- Garonne (into Gironde estuary near Bordeaux)
- Adour (in Bayonne)
- Gave de Pau (near Peyrehorade)
- Gave d'Oloron (in Peyrehorade)
In Spain:
In Portugal:
- Mondego (in Figueira da Foz)
- Tagus (near Lisbon) - Portugal, Spain
- Zêzere (in Constância)
- Alagón (near Alcántara)
- Jarama (in Aranjuez)
- Manzanares (near Madrid)
In Spain:
- Tinto (in Huelva)
- Guadalquivir (in Sanlúcar de Barrameda) - Spain
Baltic Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Helsingborg (south Sweden).
In Sweden:
- Motala ström (in Norrköping)
- Dalälven (near Gävle)
- Västerdalälven (in Djurås)
- Österdalälven (in Djurås)
- Ume älv (in Umeå)
- Lule älv (in Luleå)
- Torne River/Torne älv/Tornionjoki (in Tornio) - Sweden, Finland
- Tengeliönjoki (in Aavasaksa) - Finland
- Muonionjoki (near Pajala) - Finland, Sweden
- Könkämäeno (near Kaaresuvanto) - Finland, Sweden
- Lätäseno (near Kaaresuvanto) - Finland
- Lainoälven (near Junosuando) - Sweden
In Finland:
- Kemijoki (in Kemi)
- Ounasjoki (in Rovaniemi)
- Käkkälöjoki (near Hetta)
- Kitinen (near Pelkosenniemi)
- Luiro (near Pelkosenniemi)
- Ounasjoki (in Rovaniemi)
- Iijoki (in Ii)
- Oulu River (in Oulu)
- Kyrönjoki (near Vaasa)
- Kokemäenjoki (in Pori)
- Aurajoki (in Turku)
- Kymijoki (in Kotka and near Ruotsinpyhtää)
In Russia:
- Neva (in Saint Petersburg)
- Izhora (in Ust-Izhora)
- Lake Ladoga (in Shlisselburg)
In Estonia:
In Latvia:
- Gauja (near Riga) - Latvia, Estonia
- Daugava/Zapadnaya Dvina/Western Dvina (near Riga) - Latvia, Belarus, Russia
- Lielupe (near Jūrmala) - Latvia
- Venta (in Ventspils) - Latvia, Lithuania
In Lithuania:
In Russia:
- Pregolya (near Kaliningrad)
- Lava/Łyna (in Znamensk)
- Instruch/Inster (in Chernyakhovsk)
- Angrapa (in Chernyakhovsk)
- Pissa (near Chernyakhovsk)
- Krasnaya (in Gusev)
In Poland:
- Vistula/Wisła/Weichsel (near Gdańsk)
- Wda (in Chełmno)
- Brda/Brahe (near Bydgoszcz)
- Drwęca (near Toruń)
- Bzura (in Wyszogród)
- Narew (in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)
- Wkra (near Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)
- Western Bug (near Serock)
- Biebrza (near Wizna)
- Pilica (near Warka)
- Kurówka (near Pulawy)
- Wieprz (in Dęblin)
- San (near Sandomierz)
- Wisłoka (in Gawłuszowice)
- Nida (in Nowy Korczyn)
- Dunajec (in Opatowiec)
- Łeba (near Łeba)
- Słupia (in Ustka)
- Wieprza (in Darłowo)
- Parsęta (in Kołobrzeg)
- Rega (near Trzebiatów)
- Dziwna (in Dziwnow)
- branch of river Oder (from Lagoon of Szczecin)
- Oder/Odra (main branch Świna, in Świnoujście) - Germany, Poland, Czech Republic
- Ina/Ihna (near Szczecin)
- Warta (in Kostrzyn)
- Noteć (in Santok)
- Drawa (in Krzyz Wielkopolski)
- Obra (in Skwierzyna)
- Prosna (near Pyzdry)
- Noteć (in Santok)
- Lusatian Neisse/Nysa Łużycka (in Kosarzyn)
- Bóbr (in Krosno Odrzańskie)
- Barycz (near Głogów)
- Nysa Kłodzka (near Brzeg)
- Mala Panew (near Opole)
- Opava (in Ostrava)
In Germany:
- Peene (in Peenemünde)
- Tollense (in Demmin)
- branch of river Oder (from Lagoon of Szczecin)
- Recknitz (in Ribnitz-Damgarten)
- Warnow (in Warnemünde)
- Trave (in Lübeck-Travemünde)
Black Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Istanbul) to east (Sochi).
In Romania:
- Danube (in Sulina)- Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine,
- Prut (near Reni)
- Siret (in Galaţi)
- Ialomiţa (near Hârşova)
- Argeş (in Olteniţa)
- Vedea (near Giurgiu)
- Yantra (near Svishtov)
- Osam (near Nikopol)
- Olt (near Turnu Măgurele)
- Vit (near Gulyantsi)
- Iskar (near Corabia)
- Jiu (near Oryahovo)
- Caraş (near Bela Crkva)
- Velika Morava (near Smederevo)
- Južna Morava (near Kruševac)
- Zapadna Morava (near Kruševac)
- Timiş/Temes/Tamiš (in Pančevo)
- Sava (in Belgrade)
- Tisza/Tisa/Theiß (near Belgrade)
- Mureş/Maros (in Szeged)
- Târnava/Küküllő (near Teiuş)
- Târnava Mare/Nagy-Küküllő (in Blaj)
- Târnava Mică/Kis-Küküllő (in Blaj)
- Arieş/Aranyos (near Luduş)
- Târnava/Küküllő (near Teiuş)
- Körös/Criş (near Csongrád)
- Crişul Repede/Sebes-Körös (near Gyoma)
- Crişul Alb/Fehér-Körös (near Gyula)
- Crişul Negru/Fekete-Körös (near Gyula)
- Zagyva (in Szolnok)
- Sajó/Slaná (in Tiszaújváros)
- Bodrog (in Tokaj)
- Crasna/Kraszna (in Vásárosnamény)
- Someş/Szamos (near Vásárosnamény)
- Someşul Mic (in Dej)
- Someşul Mare (in Dej)
- Mureş/Maros (in Szeged)
- Drave (near Kopački Rit and Aljmaš)
- Vučica (near Petrijevci)
- Karašica (near Belišće)
- Komarnica (near Novo Virje)
- Mura (near Legrad)
- Mürz (in Bruck an der Mur)
- Bednja (near Mali Bukovec)
- Plitvica (near Veliki Bukovec)
- Gurk (near Völkermarkt)
- Gail (in Villach)
- Sió (near Szekszárd)
- Lake Balaton (in Siófok)
- Ipeľ (in Szob)
- Hron (near Esztergom)
- Váh (in Komárno)
- Rába/Raab (near Győr)
- Leitha (near Mosonmagyaróvár)
- Morava/March (in Bratislava-Devin)
- Wien (in Vienna)
- Ybbs (in Ybbs an der Donau)
- Enns (in Enns)
- Traun (in Linz)
- Ilz (in Passau)
- Inn (in Passau)
- Vils (in Vilshofen)
- Isar (near Deggendorf)
- Große Laaber (near Straubing)
- Regen (in Regensburg)
- Weißer Regen (near Kötzting)
- Schwarzer Regen (near Kötzting)
- Naab (near Regensburg)
- Altmühl (in Kelheim)
- Abens (near Neustadt (Donau))
- Paar (near Vohburg)
- Lech (near Donauwörth)
- Wörnitz (in Donauwörth)
- Iller (in Ulm)
In Ukraine:
- Dniestr/Nistru (near Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi) - Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria
- Seret (near Zalischyky)
- Southern Bug (near Mykolaiv)
- Dnieper/Dnipro (near Kherson) - Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
- Inhulets' (near Kherson)
- Bazavluk (near Ordzhonikidze)
- Kinka (near Zaporizhzhia)
- Samara (near Dnipropetrovs'k)
- Vorskla (near Verkhn'odniprovs'k)
- Psel (in Kremenchuk)
- Sula (near Kremenchuk)
- Ros' (near Kaniv)
- Desna (in Kyiv)
- Seim (in Sosnytsia)
- Sudost (north of Novhorod-Siversky)
- Pripyat (near Chernobyl)
- Sozh (in Loev/Loeu)
- Berezina (near Rechytsa)
- Svislach (near Asipovichy)
- Drut' (in Ragachou/Rogachëv)
In Russia:
- Mius (into Sea of Azov near Taganrog) - Russia, Ukraine
- Don (into Sea of Azov near Azov)
- Manych (east of Rostov-on-Don)
- Sal (in Semikarakorsk)
- Donets (near Semikarakorsk) - Russia, Ukraine
- Voronezh (near Voronezh)
- Kuban (into Sea of Azov near Temryuk)
- Laba (in Ust-Labinsk)
Caspian Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west to north-east.
In Russia:
- Volga (near Astrakhan)
In Kazakhstan:
English Channel
North coast
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Lizard Point, Cornwall) to east (Ramsgate).
In England:
- Fal (in Falmouth)
- Fowey (in Fowey)
- Tamar (near Plymouth)
- Tavy (near Plymouth)
- Dart (in Dartmouth)
- Teign (in Teignmouth)
- Exe (in Exmouth)
- Frome (near Bournemouth)
- Stour (Dorset) (in Christchurch)
- Avon (Hampshire) (in Christchurch)
- Test (near Southampton)
- Itchen (in Southampton)
- Arun (in Littlehampton)
- Rother (in Pulborough)
- Adur (in Shoreham-by-Sea)
- Ouse (Sussex) (in Newhaven)
- Rother (in Rye)
- Stour (Kent) (in Ramsgate)
South coast
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Calais) to west (Brest).
In France:
- Seine (in Le Havre)
- Risle (in Berville-sur-Mer)
- Eure (in Pont-de-l'Arche)
- Epte (near Vernon)
- Oise (in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris)
- Marne (in Ivry-sur-Seine, south-east of Paris)
- Grand Morin (near Meaux)
- Saulx (in Vitry-le-François)
- Ornain (in Pargny-sur-Saulx)
- Loing (near Moret-sur-Loing)
- Yonne (in Montereau-Fault-Yonne)
- Aube (near Romilly-sur-Seine)
- Orne (in Ouistreham)
- Vire (in Isigny-sur-Mer)
- Rance (in Saint-Malo)
Irish Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from the (Mull of Kintyre).
In Scotland:
- Clyde (near Glasgow)
- Dee (Galloway) (in Kirkcudbright)
In England:
In Wales:
- Dee (Wales) (in Flint) - Wales, England
In Ireland:
Mediterranean Sea
Western Mediterranean
This section includes the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The rivers are sorted from west (Tarifa) to east (Reggio Calabria).
In Spain:
- Segura (in Guardamar del Segura) - Spain
- Guadalentin (near Murcia)
- Mula (in Molina de Segura)
- Benamor (in Calasparra)
- Mundo (near Hellín)
- Júcar/Xúquer (in Cullera)
- Turia (in Valencia)
- Ebro/Ebre (near Tortosa)
- Segre (in Mequinenza)
- Cinca (near Mequinenza)
- Noguera Ribargorzana (near Lleida)
- Noguera Pallaresa (near Balaguer)
- Valira (in La Seu d'Urgell)
- Aragón (near Tudela)
- Segre (in Mequinenza)
In France:
- Rhône (in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône) - Switzerland, France
- Gardon (in Beaucaire)
- Durance (in Avignon)
- Ardèche (in Pont-Saint-Esprit)
- Drôme (in Loriol-sur-Drôme)
- Isère (near Valence)
- Drac (in Grenoble)
- Arc (near Albertville)
- Saône (in Lyon)
- Doubs (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs)
- Ognon (in Pontailler-sur-Saône)
- Ain (near Pont-de-Chéruy)
- Arve (in Geneva)
In Italy:
Adriatic Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Otranto, southern Italy.
In Italy:
- Po (between Venice and Ravenna)
- Panaro (near Ferrara)
- Secchia (near Mantua)
- Mincio (near Mantua)
- Oglio (near Mantua)
- Taro (near Casalmaggiore)
- Adda (in Cremona)
- Ticino (in Pavia)
- Tanaro (near Alessandria)
- Stura di Demonte (near Bra)
- Sesia (near Casale Monferrato)
- Dora Baltea (in Crescentino)
- Orco (in Chivasso)
- Dora Riparia (in Turin)
- Adige/Etsch (near Venice)
- Isarco/Eisack (near Bozen-Bolzano)
- Brenta (near Venice)
- Piave (near Venice)
- Soča/Isonzo (near Monfalcone) - Slovenia, Italy
In Croatia:
- Zrmanja (near Obrovac)
- Krka (near Šibenik)
- Cetina (in Omiš)
- Neretva (near Ploče) - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
In Montenegro:
- Bojana/Bunë (near Ulcinj) - Albania, Montenegro
In Albania:
- Drin (in Lezhë)
- Drini i Bardhë/Beli Drim (in Kukës)
- Drini i Zi/Crni Drim (in Kukës)
- Shkumbini (near Lushnjë)
- Seman (near Fier)
- Vjosë/Aoos (near Vlorë) - Greece, Albania
Ionian Sea
In Greece:
- Achelóos (near Aitoliko)
- Peneus/Piniós (near Gastouni)
- Alpheus/Alfiós (near Pyrgos (Ilia))
Aegean Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Neapoli, Vatika) to east (Istanbul).
In Greece:
- Spercheus/Sperchiós (near Lamia)
- Peneus/Pineios (near Larissa)
- Aliákmon/Vistrítsa (near Thessaloniki)
- Vardar/Axios (near Thessaloniki) - Republic of Macedonia, Greece
- Struma/Strimón (in Amphipolis) - Bulgaria, Greece
- Néstos/Mesta (near Thasos)
In Turkey:
- Maritsa/Évros/Meriç (near Alexandroupolis) - Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece
North Sea
The rivers in this section are given clockwise along the North Sea coast, starting from Bergen, Norway.
In Norway:
- Glomma (into Oslofjord in Fredrikstad)
In Sweden:
In Denmark:
In Germany:
- Elbe/Labe (near Cuxhaven) - Czech Republic, Germany
- Oste (near Otterndorf)
- Stör (near Glückstadt)
- Alster (in Hamburg)
- Löcknitz (near Dömitz)
- Aland (in Schnackenburg)
- Stepenitz (in Wittenberge)
- Havel (near Havelberg)
- Tanger (near Tangermünde)
- Ohre (Saxony-Anhalt) (near Rogätz)
- Saale (in Barby)
- Bode (in Nienburg (Saale)
- Weiße Elster (near Halle (Saale))
- Unstrut (near Naumburg)
- Ilm (in Großheringen)
- Mulde (in Dessau)
- Zwickauer Mulde (near Colditz)
- Freiberger Mulde (near Colditz)
- Schwarze Elster (near Wittenberg)
- Wesenitz (in Pirna)
- Bilina (in Ústí nad Labem)
- Ohře (in Litoměřice)
- Vltava (in Mělník)
- Berounka (near Prague)
- Lužnice (in Týn nad Vltavou)
- Jizera (near Čelákovice)
- Cidlina (near Poděbrady)
- Weser (near Bremerhaven)
- Hunte (in Elsfleth)
- Lesum (in Bremen-Vegesack)
- Hamme (in Ritterhude)
- Wümme (in Ritterhude)
- Aller (near Verden (Aller))
- Leine (near Schwarmstedt)
- Fuhse (in Celle)
- Oker (in Müden (Aller)
- Schunter (near Braunschweig)
- Werre (in Bad Oeynhausen)
- Diemel (in Bad Karlshafen)
- Fulda (in Hannoversch Münden)
- Werra (in Hannoversch Münden)
In the Netherlands:
- Zwarte Water (into IJsselmeer near Genemuiden) - Netherlands
- Vecht (Overijssel)/Vechte (near Zwolle)
- IJssel (into IJsselmeer near Kampen) - Netherlands
- Rhine/Rhein (main branch at Hoek van Holland) - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands
- Lippe (in Wesel)
- Emscher (near Dinslaken)
- Ruhr (in Duisburg)
- Düssel (in Düsseldorf)
- Erft (in Neuss)
- Wupper (in Leverkusen)
- Sieg (in Bonn)
- Ahr (near Sinzig)
- Wied (in Neuwied)
- Moselle (in Koblenz)
- Kyll (near Trier-Ehrang)
- Ruwer (near Trier-Ruwer)
- Saar (near Konz)
- Nied (near Rehlingen-Siersburg)
- Sauer (in Wasserbillig)
- Prüm (near Echternach)
- Our (in Wallendorf)
- Alzette (in Ettelbrück)
- Seille (in Metz)
- Meurthe (in Frouard)
- Madon (in Neuves-Maisons)
- Vologne (near Éloyes)
- Moselotte (in Remiremont)
- Lahn (in Lahnstein)
- Nahe (in Bingen)
- Main (in Mainz)
- Neckar (in Mannheim)
- Jagst (near Bad Friedrichshall)
- Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall)
- Enz (in Besigheim)
- Fils (in Plochingen)
- Lauter (in Lauterbourg)
- Murg (near Rastatt)
- Ill (near Strasbourg)
- Kinzig (near Kehl)
- Elz (near Lahr
- Wiese (in Basel)
- Aare (in Koblenz)
- Thur (near Schaffhausen)
- Ill (near Feldkirch)
- Vorderrhein (near Chur)
- Hinterrhein (near Chur)
- Meuse/Maas (main branch near Hellevoetsluis) - France, Belgium, Netherlands
- Dieze (near 's-Hertogenbosch)
- Aa (in 's-Hertogenbosch)
- Dommel (in 's-Hertogenbosch)
- Niers (in Gennep)
- Swalm (in Swalmen)
- Rur/Roer (in Roermond)
- Geul (near Meerssen)
- Jeker/Geer (in Maastricht)
- Ourthe (in Liège)
- Vesdre (near Liège)
- Amblève (in Comblain-au-Pont)
- Salm (in Trois-Ponts)
- Sambre (in Namur)
- Lesse (in Dinant-Anseremme)
- Viroin (in Vireux-Molhain)
- Semois/Semoy (in Monthermé)
- Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil)
- Chiers (in Bazeilles)
- Dieze (near 's-Hertogenbosch)
- Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) - France, Belgium, Netherlands
In Belgium:
- Yser (in Nieuwpoort) - France, Belgium
In France:
- Aa (in Gravelines)
In England:
- Thames (near Southend-on-Sea)
- Great Ouse (in King's Lynn)
- Nene (near King's Lynn)
- Humber (near Cleethorpes)
- Trent (near Scunthorpe)
- Ouse (near Scunthorpe)
- Tees (near Middlesbrough)
- Tyne (at South Shields)
- North Tyne (in Acomb)
- South Tyne (in Acomb)
- Tweed (in Berwick-upon-Tweed) - Scotland, England Missing image
Wfm_tweed_abottsford.jpgTweed at Abbotsford
In Scotland:
- Tyne (near Dunbar)
- Tay (near Dundee)
- Dee (in Aberdeen)
- Don (in Aberdeen)
- Ythan (in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire)
- Spey (near Elgin)
See also
European countries
- Rivers of Albania
- Rivers of Austria
- Rivers of Belarus
- Rivers of Belgium
- Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Rivers of Bulgaria
- Rivers of the Caucasus:
- Rivers of Croatia
- Rivers of the Czech Republic
- Rivers of Denmark
- Rivers of Estonia
- Rivers of Finland
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Germany
- Rivers of Greece
- Rivers of Iceland
- Rivers of Ireland
- Rivers of Italy
- Rivers of Kazakhstan (the western portion is in Europe, this list includes the Asian ones).
- Rivers of Latvia
- Rivers of Lithuania
- Rivers of Luxembourg
- Rivers of Moldova
- Rivers of Montenegro
- Rivers of the Netherlands
- Rivers of Norway
- Rivers of Poland
- Rivers of Portugal
- Rivers of Romania
- Rivers of Russia (includes the Asian part of Russia)
- Rivers of Serbia
- Rivers of Slovakia
- Rivers of Slovenia
- Rivers of Spain
- Rivers of Sweden
- Rivers of Switzerland
- Rivers of Turkey (rivers of eastern Thrace are in Europe, this list includes Asian ones)
- Rivers of Ukraine
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Waterways in the United Kingdom
Other contintents
de:Liste europäischer Flüsse pl:Rzeki Europy ru:Список рек Европы