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International rivers of Europe
- HaineThe Haine has at least five names: Haine, Hene, Henne, Héne, and Hinne. Each name belongs to a different language spoken along the river's course through southern Belgium and northern France. The County of Hainaut took its name from this…
- DnieperThe Dnieper has carried the weight of eastern Europe for thousands of years. At roughly 2,200 kilometres long, it rises in the sedge bogs of the Valdai Hills in Russia and flows south through Belarus and Ukraine before emptying into the…
- MeuseThe Meuse is a river that has quietly shaped western Europe for millennia, flowing 925 kilometres from a quiet plateau in northeastern France all the way to the North Sea. It rises near Pouilly-en-Bassigny, threads through Belgium and the…
- DanubeThe Danube stretches 2,850 kilometres from the Black Forest of Germany to the Black Sea, passing through or bordering ten countries and connecting four national capitals along the way. No other river in the world can claim that last…
- 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 basin, an area once defined by heavy industry. The navigable section starts at…
- RhineThe Rhine carries more than water. From a high lake in the Swiss Alps at 2345 meters above sea level, it travels roughly 1230 kilometers before splitting into a web of channels and emptying into the North Sea. Along the way, it forms…
- RhôneThe Rhône begins its life in silence, seeping out of a glacier at roughly 2,208 metres above sea level in the Swiss Alps, and by the time it empties into the Mediterranean Sea, it has traveled through some of the most storied landscapes in…
- OderThe Oder stretches 840 kilometers across the heart of Central Europe, passing through cities, forming national borders, and emptying finally into the Baltic Sea. It is Poland's second-longest river overall, yet it touches three countries:…
- Inn (river)The Inn is a river that begins its life quietly in the Swiss Alps, west of St. Moritz, and travels 518 kilometers before finally surrendering its waters to the Danube at Passau. At that meeting point, something surprising happens. The Inn…
- DaugavaThe Daugava rises quietly in the Valdai Hills of Russia, close to the birthplace of the Volga, yet turns westward rather than east, carving a great south-bending curve through Belarus before reaching Latvia and emptying into the Gulf of…
- NemanThe Neman is one river with five names. Russians call it the Neman, Belarusians say Nioman, Lithuanians know it as the Nemunas, Poles write it as Niemen, and the Germans called it the Memel. Each name is a fingerprint of a different…