List of rivers of Europe

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 longest rivers of Europe are:
*Volga (3,692 km/2,294 mi), draining into the Caspian Sea
*Danube (2,860 km/1,777 mi), draining into the Black Sea
*Ural (2,428 km/1,509 mi), draining into the Caspian Sea
*Dnieper (2,290 km/1,423 mi), draining into the Black Sea
*Don (1,950 km/1,212 mi), draining into the Sea of Azov
*Pechora (1,809 km/1,124 mi), draining into the Barents Sea
*Northern Dvina-Vychegda (1,774 km/1,102 mi), draining into the White Sea
*Dniester (1,362 km/846 mi), draining into the Black Sea
*Rhine (1,320 km/820 mi), draining into the North Sea
*Elbe (1,091 km/678 mi), draining into the North Sea
*Vistula (1,047 km/651 mi), draining into the Baltic Sea
*Tagus (1,038 km/645 mi), draining into the Atlantic Ocean
*Daugava (1,020 km/634 mi), draining into the Baltic Sea
*Loire (1,013 km/629 mi), draining into the Atlantic OceanOther long rivers are:
*Neman (937 km/582 mi), draining into the Baltic Sea
*Meuse (925 km/575 mi), draining into the North Sea
*Ebro (910 km/565 mi), draining into the Mediterranean Sea
*Douro (897 km/557 mi), draining into the Atlantic Ocean
*Kuban (870 km/541 mi), draining into the Sea of Azov
*Mezen (857 km/533 mi), draining into the Barents Sea
*Oder (854 km/531 mi), draining into the Baltic Sea
*Neva-Svir-Suna (852 km/529 mi), draining into the Baltic Sea
*Rhône (813 km/505 mi), draining into the Mediterranean Sea
*Seine (776 km/482 mi), draining into the Atlantic Ocean
*Göta älv-Klarälven (750 km/466 mi), draining into the North Sea
*Guadiana (742 km/461 mi), draining into the Atlantic Ocean
*Po (682 km/424 mi), 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 in the orographic order, i.e., 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."

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)
**Usa (west of Usinsk)
***Kolva (near Usinsk)
*Northern Dvina (in Severodvinsk)
**Pinega (in Ust-Pinega)
**Yomtsa (near Bolshaya Gora)
**Vaga (near Bereznik)
**Uftyuga (near Krasnoborsk)
**Vychegda (in Kotlas)
***Vishera
**Yug (in Veliki Ustyug)
**Sukhona (in Veliki Ustyug)
*Mezen (near Mezen)
*Onega (in Onega)

In Norway:
*Pasvikelva (eastern Finnmark at the border with Russia)
*Neidenelva (into Bøkfjorden near Kirkenes)
*Tana river (into Tanafjord in northeastern Finnmark)
*Karasjohka (through Finnmark into Tana river)
*Lakselva (in Lakselv in Porsanger)
*

Atlantic Ocean

On Iceland

*Jökulsá á Fjöllum (north coast)
*Þjórsá (south coast)

Norwegian coast

In Norway:
*Altaelva (in Alta into Altafjord in western Finnmark)
*Reisaelva (in Nordreisa, Troms)
*Målselva (into Malangen in Målselv, Troms)
*Ranelva (in Rana, Nordland)
*Vefsna (in Mosjøen, Nordland)
*Namsen (in Namsos into Namsenfjord in Nord-Trøndelag)
*Orkla River (into Trondheimsfjord at Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag)
*Gaula (in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag)
*Nidelva (into Trondheimsfjord at Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag)
*Rauma (in Åndalsnes, Møre og Romsdal)
*Lærdalselvi (into Sognefjord at Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane)

Irish coast

In Northern Ireland:
*Bann (in Coleraine)

In the Republic of Ireland (including Celtic Sea):
*Shannon (near Limerick)
**Swilly (Letterkenny)
**Suck (near Ballinasloe)
**Brosna
*Barrow (near Waterford) - Ireland
**Suir (near Waterford)
**Nore (in New Ross)

cottish, Welsh, and English coast

In Scotland
*Morar (near Mallaig)

In England (Bristol Channel):
*Severn (near Bristol) - Wales, England
**Wye (near Chepstow)
***Trothy (near Monmouth)
***Monnow (in Monmouth)
**Avon (in Tewkesbury)

French, Spanish, and Portuguese coast

The rivers in this section are sorted north (Brest) to south (Tarifa).

In France:
*Aulne (near Brest)
*Odet (near Quimper)
*Blavet (in Lorient)
*Vilaine (in Pénestin)
**Oust (in Redon)
*Loire (in Saint-Nazaire)
**Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
**Erdre (in Nantes)
**Maine (near Angers)
***Mayenne (near Angers)
***Sarthe (near Angers)
****Loir (north of Angers)
*****Braye (in Pont-de-Braye)
****Huisne (in Le Mans)
**Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
***Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
****Gartempe (in La Roche-Posay)
***Clain (in 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)
**Vendée (in Marans)
*Charente (near Rochefort)

*Garonne (into Gironde estuary near Bordeaux)
**Dordogne (near Bordeaux)
***Isle (in Libourne)
****Dronne (near Libourne)
***Vézère (near Le Bugue)
****Corrèze (in Brive-la-Gaillarde)
***Cère (near Bretenoux)
**Lot (near Aiguillon)
***Truyère (in Entraygues-sur-Truyère)
**Baïse (near Aiguillon)
**Gers (near Agen)
**Tarn (near Castelsarrasin)
***Aveyron (near Montauban)
****Viaur (in Laguépie)
***Agout (in Saint-Sulpice)
**Gimone (near Castelsarrasin)
**Save (in Grenade)
**Ariège (in Toulouse)
***Hers-Vif (in Cintegabelle)
*Adour (in Bayonne)
**Gave de Pau (near Peyrehorade)
**Gave d'Oloron (in Peyrehorade)

In Spain:
*Nervión (near Bilbao)
*Pas (in Cantabria)
*Deva (between Cantabria and Asturias)
**Cares
*Sella Asturias
*Piles Asturias(near Gijón)
*Nalón Asturias
**Nora Asturias
*Minho/Miño (near Caminha) - Portugal, Spain
**Sil (near Ourense)
*Guadiana (near Ayamonte) - Spain, Portugal
**Záncara (near Alcázar de San Juan)
*Tinto (in Huelva)
*Guadalquivir (in Sanlúcar de Barrameda) - Spain
**Genil (in Palma del Río)

In Portugal:
*Douro/Duero (in Porto) - Portugal, Spain
**Tâmega (near Penafiel, Portugal)
**Pisuerga (near Valladolid, Spain)
*Mondego (in Figueira da Foz, Portugal)
*Tagus/Tejo/Tajo (near Lisbon) - Portugal, Spain
**Zêzere (in Constância, Portugal)
**Alagón (near Alcántara, Spain)
**Jarama (in Aranjuez, Spain)
***Manzanares (crosses Madrid, Spain)
***Tajuña (near Madrid, Spain)
*Sado (in Setúbal, Portugal)

Baltic Sea

The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Helsingborg (south Sweden).

In Sweden

*Motala ström (in Norrköping)
*Dal River (near Gävle)
**Västerdalälven (in Djurås)
**Österdalälven (in Djurås)
*Ljusnan (in Söderhamn)
*Ljungan (near Sundsvall)
*Indal River (near Sundsvall)
*Ångerman River (near Kramfors)
*Ume River (in Umeå)
*Skellefte River (in Skellefteå)
*Pite River (in Piteå)
*Lule River (in Luleå)
*Kalix River (in Kalix)
*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)
*Iijoki (in Ii)
*Oulujoki (in Oulu)
*Kalajoki (in Kalajoki)
*Kyrönjoki (near Vaasa)
*Kokemäenjoki (in Pori)
*Aurajoki (in Turku)
*Kymijoki (in Kotka and near Ruotsinpyhtää)

In Russia

*Neva (in Saint Petersburg)
**Okhta (in Saint Petersburg)
**Izhora (in Ust-Izhora)
**Tosna (in Otradnoye)
**Lake Ladoga (in Shlisselburg)
***Volkhov (near Volkhov)
****Tigoda (near Kirishi)
*****Ravan
*****Chagoda
****Vishera (near Velikiy Novgorod)
****Lake Ilmen (in Velikiy Novgorod)
*****Msta (near Velikiy Novgorod)
******Uver (near Berezovsky Ryadok)
******Berezayka (in Berezovsky Ryadok)
*******Valdayka
******Mstino Lake (near Vyshny Volochyok)
*******Tsna (near Vyshny Volochyok)
*****Pola (near Staraya Russa)
*****Lovat (near Staraya Russa)
******Polist (near Staraya Russa)
******Kunya (in Kholm)
*****Shelon (near Shimsk)
***Syas (in Syasstroy)
***Vuoksi (in Taipale and Priozersk)
***Svir (near Lodeynoye Pole)
****Pasha (near Lodeynoye Pole)
****Oyat (near Lodeynoye Pole)
****Lake Onega
*****Vodla (near Pudozh)
*****Vytegra (near Vytegra)
*Luga (in Ust-Luga)
**Oredezh (near Luga)

In Estonia

*Narva (near Narva) - Estonia, Russia
**Emajõgi
***Pedja
***Põltsamaa
***Väike Emajõgi
***Ahja
**Võhandu
**Piusa - Estonia, Russia
**Velikaya (near Pskov) - Russia
**Plyussa - Russia
*Jägala (at Jõesuu)
*Pirita (at Tallinn)
*Keila (at Keila-Joa)
*Kasari (at Matsalu)
*Pärnu (in Pärnu)
**Navesti
***Halliste
****Raudna
**Reiu - Estonia, Latvia
***Ura

In Latvia

*Salaca (near border of Estonia) - Latvia
*Gauja (near Riga) - Latvia
*Daugava/Zahodniaja Dzvina/Zapadnaya Dvina/Western Dvina (near Riga) - Latvia, Belarus, Russia
**Aiviekste
**Polota (in Polatsk)
*Lielupe (near Jūrmala) - Latvia
*Venta River (in Ventspils) - Latvia, Lithuania
**Abava

In Lithuania

*Šventoji (in Šventoji)
*Dangė (in Klaipėda)
*Nemunas River/Neman/Nioman/Memel (near Šilutė) - Belarus, Lithuania, Russia
**Minija (near Cape Ventė)
**Jūra (near Neman)
***Šešuvis (near Tauragė)
**Šešupė (near Neman)
**Mituva (near Jurbarkas)
**Dubysa (near Seredžius)
**Nevėžis (near Raudondvaris)
***Šušvė (near Josvainiai)
**Neris (in Kaunas)
***Šventoji (in Jonava)
****Širvinta (between Upninkai and Vepriai)
***Vilnia (in Vilnius)
***Žeimena (12 km from Pabradė)
**Merkys (near Merkinė)
***Ūla (near Perloja)
***Šalčia (near Valkininkai)
**Kotra

In Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)

*Pregolya/Pregel (near Kaliningrad)
**Łyna/Lava (in Znamensk)
**Instruch/Inster (in Chernyakhovsk)
**Angrapa (in Chernyakhovsk)
***Pissa (near Chernyakhovsk)
***Krasnaya River (in Gusev)

In Poland

*Pasłęka (near Braniewo)
*Nogat (near Elbląg)
**branch of river Vistula (near Malbork)

*Vistula/Wisła (near Gdańsk)
**Wda (in Chełmno)
**Brda (in Bydgoszcz)
**Drwęca (near Toruń)
**Bzura (in Wyszogród)
**Narew (in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)
***Wkra (near Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)
***Bug/Buh (near Serock)
****Mukhavets/Muchawiec (in Brest)
***Biebrza (near Wizna)
**Pilica (near Warka)
**Kurówka (near Puławy)
**Wieprz (in Dęblin)
**San (near Sandomierz)
***Wisłok (in Tryńcza)
**Wisłoka (in Gawłuszowice)
**Nida (in Nowy Korczyn)
**Dunajec (in Opatowiec)
***Poprad (near Nowy Sącz)
*Łeba (near Łeba)
*Słupia (in Ustka)
*Wieprza (in Darłowo)
*Parsęta (in Kołobrzeg)
*Rega (near Trzebiatów)
*Dziwna (in Dziwnow)
**branch of river Oder via Oder Lagoon
*Oder/Odra (main branch Świna, in Świnoujście) - Germany, Poland, Czech Republic
**Ina/Ihna (near Szczecin)
**Warta/Warthe (in Kostrzyn nad Odrą)
***Noteć (in Santok)
****Drawa (in Krzyż Wielkopolski)
***Obra (in Skwierzyna)
***Prosna (near Pyzdry)
**Lusatian Neisse/Nysa Łużycka (in Kosarzyn)
**Bóbr (in Krosno Odrzańskie)
**Barycz (near Głogów)
**Nysa Kłodzka (near Brzeg)
**Mała Panew (near Opole)
**Opava (in Ostrava)

In Germany

*Peene (in Peenemünde)
**Tollense (in Demmin)
**branch of river Oder via Oder Lagoon
*Recknitz (in Ribnitz-Damgarten)
*Warnow (in Warnemünde)
*Trave (in Lübeck-Travemünde)
**Wakenitz (in Lübeck)
**Stepenitz (near 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)
***Jijia (near Huşi)
****Bahlui (in Iaşi)
***Cheremosh (near Sniatyn)
**Siret (in Galaţi)
***Buzău (near Galaţi)
***Bârlad (in Lieşti)
***Bistriţa (near Bacău)
***Moldova (near Roman)
****Moldova
***Suceava (in Liteni)
**Ialomiţa (near Hârşova)
***Prahova (near Adâncata)
**Argeş (in Olteniţa)
***Dâmboviţa (in Budeşti)
**Vedea (near Giurgiu)
**Olt (near Turnu Măgurele)
***Cibin (in Tălmaciu)
****Hârtibaciu (near Sibiu)
**Jiu (near Bechet)
***Motru (near Filiaşi)
**Nera (near Bela Crkva)
**Caraş (near Bela Crkva)
**Timiş/Temes/Tamiš (in Pančevo)
**Yantra (near Svishtov)
**Osam (near Nikopol)
**Vit (near Gulyantsi)
**Iskar (near Corabia)
**Velika Morava (near Smederevo)
***Južna Morava (near Kruševac)
***Zapadna Morava (near Kruševac)
****Ibar (in Kraljevo)
**Sava (in Belgrade)
***Bosut (near Ravnje)
***Drina (near Bijeljina)
****Tara
****Piva
***Bosna (in Bosanski Šamac)
***Vrbas (in Srbac)
***Una (in Jasenovac)
***Lonja-Trebež-Veliki Strug (near Lipovljani, Trebež, Veliki Strug)
****Ilova (near Lipovljani)
*****Toplica (in Garešnica)
****Pakra (near Lipovljani)
****Česma (near Novoselec)
*****Glogovnica (in Čazma)
***Sunja (in Puska, near Novska)
***Kupa (in Sisak)
****Odra (near Sisak)
****Glina (near Glina)
****Korana (in Karlovac)
*****Mrežnica (in Karlovac)
****Dobra (near Karlovac)
***Sutla (in Brdovec municipality near Zaprešić)
***Krka
***Savinja
**Tisza/Tisa/Theiß (near Titel)
***Crasna/Kraszna (in Vásárosnamény)
***Someş/Szamos (near Vásárosnamény)
****Someşul Mic (in Dej)
****Someşul Mare (in Dej)
*****Şieu (in Beclean)
******Bistriţa (near Bistriţa)
***Mureş/Maros (in Szeged)
****Târnava/Küküllő (near Teiuş)
*****Târnava Mare/Nagy-Küküllő (in Blaj)
*****Târnava Mică/Kis-Küküllő (in Blaj)
****Arieş/Aranyos (near Luduş)
***Körös/Criş (near Csongrád)
****Crişul Repede/Sebes-Körös (near Gyoma)
*****Barcău/Berettyó (in Szeghalom)
****Crişul Alb/Fehér-Körös (near Gyula)
****Crişul Negru/Fekete-Körös (near Gyula)
***Zagyva (in Szolnok)
***Sajó/Slaná (in Tiszaújváros)
****Hornád/Hernád (near Miskolc)
***Bodrog (in Tokaj)
****Ondava (near Cejkov)
****Latorica/Liatorytsia (near Cejkov)
*****Laborec/Laborets (near Oborin)
******Uzh/Uh (near Pavlovce nad Uhom)
******Cirocha (in Humenné)
*****Stara
*****Vicha
*****Kerepets
**Drave (near Kopački Rit and Aljmaš)
***Vučica (near Petrijevci)
***Karašica (near Belišće)
***Komarnica (near Novo Virje)
****Koprivnica - channel Bistra (near Hlebine)
****Čivićevac - Rogstrug - channel Matočina (near Molve)
***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)
****Zala (near Keszthely)
**Ipeľ (in Szob)
**Hron (near Esztergom)
**Váh (in Komárno)
***Nitra (near Komárno)
***Little Danube (in Kolárovo)
****branch of Danube (in Bratislava)
***Orava (in Kraľovany)
**Rába/Raab (near Győr)
**Leitha (near Mosonmagyaróvár)
**Morava/March (in Bratislava-Devin)
***Thaya/Dyje (near Hohenau)
***Bečva (near Přerov)
**Wien (in Vienna)
**Kamp (in Grafenwörth)
**Ybbs (in Ybbs an der Donau)
**Enns (in Enns)
**Traun (in Linz)
**Inn (in Passau)
***Rott (in Schärding)
***Salzach (in Haiming)
****Saalach (in Freilassing)
***Ziller (in Münster)
**Vils (in Vilshofen)
**Isar (near Deggendorf)
***Ammer/Amper (near Moosburg)
***Loisach
**Große Laaber (near Straubing)
**Regen (in Regensburg)
**Naab (near Regensburg)
***Vils (in Kallmünz)
**Altmühl (in Kelheim)
**Abens (near Neustadt (Donau))
**Paar (near Vohburg)
**Lech (near Donauwörth)
***Wertach (in Augsburg)
**Wörnitz (in Donauwörth)
**Brenz (in Lauingen)
**Blau (in Ulm)
**Iller (in Ulm)
**Riß (near Erbach)

In Ukraine

*Dniester/Dnister/Nistru (near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) - Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria
**Zbruch (near Khotyn)
**Tysmenytsia
***Seret (near Zalischyky)
**Bystrytsia (near Ivano-Frankivsk)

*Southern Bug (near Mykolaiv)
**Inhul (in Mykolayiv)

*Dnieper (near Kherson) - Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
**Inhulets (near Kirovohrad)
**Bazavluk (near Ordzhonikidze)
**Bilozerka (near Nikopol)
**Konka (near Zaporizhzhia)
**Samara (near Dnipropetrovsk)
**Vorskla (near Verkhn'odniprovs'k)
**Psel (in Kremenchuk)
**Sula (near Kremenchuk)
**Supiy (near Cherkasy)
**Tiasmyn (near Chyhyryn)
**Ros (near Kaniv)
**Trubizh (in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi)
**Stuhna (near Kiev)
**Desna (in Kiev)
***Oster (near Oster)
***Seim (in Sosnytsia)
***Sudost (north of Novhorod-Siverskyi)
**Irpin (near Kiev)
**Teteriv (near Chernobyl)
**Prypiat (near Chernobyl)
***Horyn River (Ukraine)
****Sluch (near Novohrad-Volynskyi)
**Sozh (in Loev/Loeu, Belarus)
**Berezina (near Rechytsa, Belarus)
***Śvisłač (near Asipovichy, Belarus)
**Druć (in Rahachou/Rogachev, Belarus)
*Salhir (into Lake Syvash, northeastern Crimea)

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

*Terek (near Kizlyar)

*Volga (near Astrakhan)
**Samara (in Samara)
**Kama (south of Kazan)
***Vyatka (near Nizhnekamsk)
***Belaya (near Neftekamsk)
****Ufa (in Ufa)
***Chusovaya (near Perm)
****Sylva (near Perm)
***Yegoshikha River (in Perm)
***Mulyanka River (in Perm)
***Vishera (near Solikamsk)
****Kolva (near Cherdyn)
**Kazanka (in Kazan)
**Sviyaga (west of Kazan)
**Vetluga (near Kozmodemyansk)
**Sura (in Vasilsursk)
**Kerzhenets (near Lyskovo)
**Oka (in Nizhny Novgorod)
***Klyazma (in Gorbatov)
***Moksha (near Yelatma)
****Tsna (near Sasovo)
***Pra (near Kasimov)
***Moskva (in Kolomna)
****Pakhra (near Moscow)
****Istra (near Moscow)
***Upa (near Suvorov)
**Unzha (near Yuryevets)
**Kostroma (in Kostroma)
**Kotorosl (in Yaroslavl)
**Sheksna (near Rybinsk)
**Mologa (near Rybinsk)

In Kazakhstan

*Ural (in Atyrau)

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)
**Bourne (in Salisbury)
*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) (near Ramsgate)

outh coast

The rivers in this section are sorted east (Calais) to west (Brest).

In France:
*Liane (near Boulogne sur Mer)
*Canche (near Le Touquet)
*Authie (near Berck)
*Somme (near Abbeville)
*Seine (in Le Havre)
**Risle (in Berville-sur-Mer)
**Eure (in Pont-de-l'Arche)
***Iton (near Louviers)
**Epte (near Vernon)
**Oise (in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris)
***Aisne (in Compiègne)
****Vesle (in Condé-sur-Aisne)
****Aire (near Grandpré)
**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)
***Armançon (in Migennes)
***Cure (near Vermenton)
***Serein (in Bassou)
**Aube (near Romilly-sur-Seine)
*Touques (in Deauville)
*Dives (in Cabourg)
*Orne (in Ouistreham)
**Odon (in Caen)
*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:
*Eden (near Carlisle)
*Ribble (in Lytham St Annes)
*Mersey (near Liverpool):*Irwell (near Irlam)In Wales:
*Dee (Wales) (in Flint) - Wales, England

In Ireland:
*Slaney (in Wexford)
*Avoca (in Arklow)
*Liffey (in Dublin)
*Boyne (in Drogheda)

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)
*Francolí (near Tarragona)
*Gaià (near Tarragona)
*Foix (near Vilanova i la Geltrú)
*Llobregat (between Barcelona and El Prat de Llobregat)
*Besòs (at Sant Adrià del Besòs)
*Tordera (in Blanes)
*Ter (in l'Estartit)
*Fluvià (near l'Escala)

In France:
*Têt (near Perpignan)
*Aude (near Narbonne)
*Orb (in Valras-Plage)
*Hérault (near Agde)

*Rhône (in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône) - Switzerland, France
**Gardon (in Beaucaire)
**Durance (in Avignon)
***Verdon (in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance)
**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)
****Loue (near Dole)
***Ognon (in Pontailler-sur-Saône)
**Ain (near Pont-de-Chéruy)
**Arve (in Geneva)
*Argens (in Fréjus)
*Var (near Nice)

In Italy:
*Arno (near Pisa)
*Ombrone (near Grosseto)
*Tiber/Tevere (in Ostia)
**Aniene (in Rome)
**Nera (near Orte)
*Volturno (in Castel Volturno)

Adriatic Sea

The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, from Otranto, southern Italy, to Vlorë in southern Albania.

In Italy:
*Ofanto (near Barletta)
*Trigno (near Vasto)
*Sangro (near Ortona)
*Aterno-Pescara (in Pescara)
*Tronto (near San Benedetto del Tronto)
*Metauro (in Fano)
*Marecchia (near Rimini)
*Rubicon (near Cesenatico)
*Savio (near Cesena)
*Montone (near Forlì)
*Reno (near Comacchio)
**Senio (near Faenza)
*Po (several branches near Porto Tolle)
**Panaro (near Ferrara)
**Secchia (near Mantua)
**Mincio (near Mantua)
**Oglio (near Mantua)
***Chiese (near Asola)
**Taro (north of Parma)
**Adda (in Cremona)
**Trebbia (in Piacenza)
**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 (south of Chioggia)
**Isarco (near Bolzano)
*Bacchiglione (near Chioggia)
*Brenta (near Chioggia)
*Piave (north-east of Venice)
*Soča/Isonzo (near Monfalcone) - Slovenia, Italy

In Croatia:
*Zrmanja (near Obrovac)
*Krka (near Šibenik)
**Čikola
*Cetina (in Omiš)
*Neretva (near Ploče) - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
**Rama
**Krupa

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)
*Mat (near Laç)
*Shkumbin (near Lushnjë)
*Seman (near Fier)
**Devoll (near Kuçovë)
*Vjosë/Aoos (near Vlorë) - Greece, Albania

Ionian Sea

West coast

The rivers in this section are sorted south-west to north-east from Reggio Calabria to Otranto.

In Italy:
*Sinni (near Policoro)
*Agri (in Policoro)
*Basento (in Metaponto)

East coast

The rivers in this section are sorted north-west to south-east from Vlorë to Cape Malea.

In Greece:
*Achelóos (near Aitoliko)
*Pineiós (near Gastouni)
*Alfeiós (near Pyrgos)
**Erymanthus

Aegean Sea

The rivers in this section are sorted west (Cape Malea) to east (Istanbul).

In Greece:
*Spercheiós (near Lamia)
*Pineiós (near Larissa)
*Aliákmon (near Thessaloniki)
*Vardar/Axiós (near Thessaloniki) - Republic of Macedonia, Greece
*Struma/Strimónas (in Amphipolis) - Bulgaria, Greece
*Mesta/Néstos (near Thasos)

In Turkey:
*Maritsa/Évros/Meriç (near Alexandroupoli) - Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece
**Tundzha (in Edirne)
**Arda (near Edirne)

North Sea

The rivers in this section are given clockwise along the North Sea coast, starting from Bergen, Norway.

In Norway

*Otta (in Oppland into Gudbrandsdalslågen at Otta)
*Gudbrandsdalslågen (into Lake Mjøsa in Oppland)
*Vorma (out of Lake Mjøsa into Glomma at Årnes)
*Glomma (into Oslofjord at Fredrikstad)
*Renaelva (in Hedmark into Glomma at Åmot)
*Numedalslågen (in Larvik, Vestfold)
*Hallingdalselva (through Hallingdal into Lake Krøderen, Buskerud)
*Begna (in Buskerud)
*Dramselva (into Oslofjord in Drammen, Buskerud)
*Skien (into Møsvatn, Telemark)
*Tinn (into Møsvatn, Telemark)
*Nidelva (in Arendal, Aust-Agder)
*Otra (in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder)

In Sweden

*Göta älv (into Kattegat in Gothenburg)
**Lake Vänern
***Klarälven/Trysilelva (into Vänernnear (Karlstad))

*Viskan (into Kattegat near Varberg)
*Ätran (into Kattegat in Falkenberg)
*Nissan (into Kattegat in Halmstad)
*Lagan (into Kattegat near Laholm)

In Denmark

*Gudenå (into Kattegat near Randers)
*Skjern Å (near Skjern)

In Germany

*Eider (in Tönning)
*Elbe/Labe (near Cuxhaven) - Czech Republic, Germany
**Oste (near Otterndorf)
**Stör (near Glückstadt)
**Alster (in Hamburg)
**Ilmenau (near Winsen (Luhe))
**Löcknitz (near Dömitz)
***Elde (near Lenzen)
**Aland (in Schnackenburg)
**Stepenitz (in Wittenberge)
**Havel (near Havelberg)
***Dosse (near Kuhlhausen)
***Rhin (near Warnau)
***Spree (in Berlin-Spandau)
****Dahme (in Berlin-Köpenick)
**Tanger (near Tangermünde)
**Ohre (near Burg)
**Saale (in Barby)
***Bode (in Nienburg (Saale))
***Weiße Elster (near Halle (Saale))
****Pleiße (in Leipzig)
*****Parthe (in Leipzig)
***Unstrut (near Naumburg)
***Ilm (in Großheringen)
**Mulde (in Dessau)
***Zwickauer Mulde (near Colditz)
****Chemnitz (near Wechselburg)
***Freiberger Mulde (near Colditz)
****Zschopau (near Döbeln)
*****Flöha (in Flöha)
**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)
****Innerste (near Sarstedt)
***Fuhse (in Celle)
***Oker (in Müden (Aller)
****Schunter (near Braunschweig)
**Werre (in Bad Oeynhausen)
**Diemel (in Bad Karlshafen)
**Fulda (in Hannoversch Münden)
***Eder (in Edermünde)
****Schwalm (near Edermünde)
**Werra (in Hannoversch Münden)
*Ems (near Delfzijl) - Germany, Netherlands
**Hase (in Meppen)

In the Netherlands

*Zwarte Water (into IJsselmeer near Genemuiden) - Netherlands
**Vecht (Overijssel)/Vechte (near Zwolle)
***Regge (near Ommen)
***Dinkel (in Neuenhaus)
*IJssel (into IJsselmeer near Kampen) - Netherlands
**Berkel (in Zutphen)
**Oude IJssel (in Doesburg)
**branch of the river Rhine (near Pannerden)
*Rhine/"Rhein" (main branch at Hoek van Holland) - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands
**Linge (in Gorinchem)
**Lippe (in Wesel)
**Emscher (near Dinslaken)
**Ruhr (in Duisburg)
***Lenne (near Hagen)
**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)
***Ohm (in Cölbe)
**Nahe (in Bingen)
**Main (in Mainz)
***Nidda (in Frankfurt-Höchst)
***Kinzig (in Hanau)
***Tauber (in Wertheim am Main)
***Franconian Saale (in Gemünden)
***Regnitz (in Bamberg)
****Pegnitz (river) (in Fürth)
****Rednitz (in Fürth)
**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)
***Limmat (in Brugg)
***Reuss (in Brugg)
***Emme (near Solothurn)
***Saane/Sarine (near Bern)
**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)
***Wurm (near Heinsberg)
***Inde (in Jülich)
**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)

*Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) - France, Belgium, Netherlands
**Rupel (in Rupelmonde)
***Nete (in Rumst)
***Dijle (in Rumst)
****Zenne (in Mechelen)
****Demer (in Rotselaar)
**Durme (in Temse)
**Dender (in Dendermonde)
***Mark (near Lessines)
**Leie (in Ghent)
***Deûle (in Deûlémont)
**Scarpe (Mortagne-du-Nord)
**Haine (in Condé-sur-l'Escaut)

In Belgium

*Yser (in Nieuwpoort) - France, Belgium

In France

*Aa (in Gravelines)

In England

*Medway (near Sheerness)
*Thames (near Southend-on-Sea)
*Crouch (at Burnham-on-Crouch)
*Colne (estuary that joins the sea near Brightlingsea.)
*Blackwater (tidal estuary at West Mersea.)
*Stour ( at Harwich, Suffolk)
*Deben (estuary at Felixstowe)
*Alde (at Snape, Suffolk)
*Blyth (tidal estuary between Southwold and Walberswick.)
*Waveney (in Great Yarmouth)
*Yare (in Great Yarmouth)
*Mun (in Mundesley Norfolk)
*Glaven (in Cley next the Sea, North Norfolk )
*Stiffkey (in Stiffkey, North Norfolk)
*Burn (in Burnham Overy Staithe, North Norfolk)
*Hun (near Hunstanton)
*Heacham (near Hunstanton)
*Ingol (near Dersingham, Norfolk)
*Great Ouse (in King's Lynn)
*Babingley (near King's Lynn)
*Gaywood (in King's Lynn)
*Nene (Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire)
*Witham (The Wash)
*Welland (at Fosdyke Bridge, Lincolnshire)
*Humber (near Cleethorpes)
*Trent (near Scunthorpe)
*Ouse (near Scunthorpe)
*Aire (in Goole)
*Esk (in Whitby)
*Tees (near Middlesbrough)
*Wear (near Sunderland)
*Tyne (at South Shields)
**North Tyne (in Acomb)
**South Tyne (in Acomb)
*Tweed (in Berwick-upon-Tweed) - Scotland, England

In Scotland

*Tyne (near Dunbar)
*Tay (near Dundee)
*Dee (in Aberdeen)
*Don (in Aberdeen)
*Ythan (in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire)
*Spey (near Elgin)

ee also

*Geography of Europe
*List of European rivers with alternative names
*Latin names of European rivers
*European river zonation

European countries

Other continents

*Rivers of Asia
*Rivers of Africa
*Rivers of the Americas
*Rivers of Oceania


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