European Rivers Flashcards

1
Q

Thames

A

SE England

Through London

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2
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Trent

A

Midlands England

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3
Q

Shannon

A

Ireland

Out at Limerick

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4
Q

Seine

A

N France

Through Paris

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5
Q

Loire

A

C to NW France

Through Orleans and Nantes

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6
Q

Garonne

A

SW France

Out at Bordeaux

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7
Q

Rhone

A

Swiss Alps to SE France

Through Lake Geneva

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8
Q

Ebro

A

N to NE Spain

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9
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Douro

A

W through Spain and Portugal
N of Tagus
Out at Porto

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10
Q

Tagus

A

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

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11
Q

Guadalquivir

A

SE to S (W of Gibraltar) Spain

Through Cordoba and Seville

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12
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Guadiana/Odiana

A

C Spain to S border through Algarve

Out to Gulf of Cadiz

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13
Q

Po

A

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

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14
Q

Tiber

A

Start Apennine Mountains
Through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio
Past Rome

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15
Q

Adige

A

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

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16
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Rhine

A

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

17
Q

Oder

A

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

18
Q

Vistula

A

S to N Poland
Through Warsaw
Longest in Poland

19
Q

Danube

A

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

20
Q

Pineios

A

Starts Pindus mountains
Out Aegean Sea
Named after river god Peneus

21
Q

Dniester

A

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

22
Q

Dnieper

A

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

23
Q

Don

A

Starts Russia

Out into Sea of Azov

24
Q

Volga

A

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