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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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- OderThe Oder stretches 840 kilometers across the heart of Central Europe, passing through cities, forming national borders, and emptying finally into the Baltic…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…