European Rivers 2
Flüsse der Welt: Europa
German and other European rivers
In Part One of our rivers chart we indicated the German and English names of some of the longest world rivers. In this section (Part Two) we list more German and other European rivers with their lengths.
| European Rivers Flüsse in Europa |
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| Deutsch | English | Länge Length |
| die Wolga | Volga (Russia) Europe's longest river |
3685 km 2288 mi |
| die Donau | Danube (Germany, Austria, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania) | 2858 km 1775 mi |
| The Danube has its source in Germany's Black Forest (der Schwarzwald). It flows out of Germany through the countries listed above and empties into the Black Sea (das Schwarze Meer). | ||
| der Dnjepr | Dnepr / Dnieper (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) |
2285 km 1420 mi |
| der Rhein | Rhine | 1312 km 820 mi |
| die Elbe | Elbe | 1165 km 724 mi (davon 725 km innerhalb Deutschland) |
| die Oder Frankfurt an der Oder |
Oder Frankfurt on the Oder |
912 km 567 mi |
| die Mosel | Moselle (France, Germany) | 545 km 338 mi |
| der Main Frankfurt am Main |
Main Frankfurt on the Main |
524 km 325 mi |
| die Mur | Mur (Austria) | 440 km 273 mi |
| die Weser | Weser | 440 km 273 mi |
| die Seine | Seine | 776 km 482 mi |
| die Themse | Thames | 336 km 210 mi |
| die Neiße | Neisse | See note below |
| The Neisse is really two rivers that are tributaries (Nebenflüsse) of the Oder: the Görlitzer Neiße (252 km) and the Glatzer Neiße (182 km). The Oder and the Görlitzer Neisse form what is known as die Oder-Neiße Linie, the Oder-Neisse line that marks part of the border between Germany and Poland. | ||
| RIVER GRAMMAR: am, on the (am Main) = masc. river (der Main) an der, on the (an der Donau) = fem. river (die Donau) |
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| Part 1 > Longest World Rivers | ||
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