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International rivers of Europe
- HaineThe Haine begins its journey in the quiet village of Anderlues, Belgium. This small town holds the river's source deep within the earth.
- DnieperThe Dnieper begins its journey in the sedge bogs known as Akseninsky Mokh. These wetlands sit within the Valdai Hills of central Russia near Smolensk.
- MeuseThe Meuse river begins its journey on the Langres plateau in Pouilly-en-Bassigny, a commune of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse. This source sits high above the…
- DanubeThe river known as the Danube begins its journey in the Black Forest of Germany. Its longest headstream, the Breg, rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald.
- SambreThe river begins its journey near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache in the Aisne department of northern France. It travels southward through the Franco-Belgian coal…
- RhineThe Rhine begins its journey in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, where two distinct streams merge to form the river's true identity.
- RhôneThe Rhône Glacier sits at the eastern edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. Meltwater from this ice field begins the river's journey at an altitude of…
- OderThe name Oder carries a weight that stretches back to ancient Illyrian roots. Onomastician Jürgen Udolph traces the word to the term *Adra, meaning water…
- Inn (river)The name Inn traces back to ancient Celtic words en and enios, which simply mean water. A document from 1338 refers to the river as Wasser, the German word…
- DaugavaThe Daugava begins its journey in the Valdai Hills of Russia, close to where the Volga River also starts. This shared origin places two great waterways…
- NemanThe Neman river began its journey during the last glacial period, roughly 25,000 to 22,000 years BC. Its valley formed along the edge of a massive sheet of…