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.
Rivers that flow into seas are sorted alphabetically. Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted 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.
Atlantic Ocean
- Charente (near Rochefort) - France
- Clyde, Scotland
- Douro, Portugal / Duero, Spain
- Gironde, France
- Guadalquivir, Spain
- Guadiana, Spain
- Zancara
- Liffey, Ireland
- Loire (in Saint-Nazaire) - France
- Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
- Erdre (in Nantes)
- Maine (near Angers)
- Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Clain (in Châtellerault)
- Indre (east of Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Cher (in Villandry)
- Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
- Yèvre (in Vierzon)
- Beuvron (in Chaumont-sur-Loire)
- Loiret (in Orléans)
- Allier (near Nevers)
- Sioule (near Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule)
- Besbre (near Dompierre-sur-Besbre)
- Arroux (in Digoin)
- Furan (in Andrézieux-Bouthéon)
- Mersey, England
- Minho, Portugal / Miño, Spain
- Sil, Spain
- Namsen River Norway
- Severn - Western England, Wales
- Sèvre Niortaise (north of La Rochelle)
- Vendée (in Marans)
- River Shannon, Ireland
- River Suck, Ireland
- River Brosna, Ireland
- Tagus (near Lisbon)
- Zêzere (in Constância)
- Alagón (near Alcántara)
- The Three Sisters, Ireland
Baltic Sea
- Dalälven
- Daugava/Zapadnaya Dvina (Western Dvina), Latvia/Russia
- Gauja
- Leba, near Leba
- Narva
- Nemunas/Neman/Memel (near Šilutė) - Belarus, Lithuania, Russia
Niamiha, Minsk, Belarus
- Neva, Russia
- Nogat
- Oder/Odra, Germany/Poland/Czech Republic
- Ihna, Poland
- Thule
- Röhrike
- Welse
- Mietzel
- Warta
- Eilang
- Pleiske
- Nysa Łużycka
- Bóbr
- "Katzbach"
- Nysa Klodzka
- Biała Lądecka
- Malapane
- Klodnitz
- Peene
- Tollense, near Loitz
- Recknitz, Ribnitz-Damgarten
- Rega
- Parsęta, near Kołobrzeg
- Pasłęka
- Pregolya
- Pissa
- Lawa
- Angrapa
- Krasnaya
- Instruch (Inster)
- Reda
- Słupia
- Trave
- Ume älv, Sweden
- Vistula (Wisła), Poland
- Wieprza
Black Sea
- Danube (in Sulina)- Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine,
- Prut (near Reni)
- Bahlui (near Iaşi)
- Siret (in Galaţi)
- Ialomiţa (near Hârşova)
- Argeş (in Olteniţa)
- Dâmboviţa (in Budeşti)
- Vedea (near Giurgiu)
- Yantra (near Svishtov)
- Olt (near Turnu Măgurele)
- Iskar (near Corabia)
- Jiu (near Oryakhovo)
- Motru (near Filiaşi)
- Caraş (near Bela Crkva)
- Velika Morava (near Smederevo)
- Južna Morava (near Kruševac)
- Zapadna Morava (near Kruševac)
- Timiş/Temes/Tamiš (in Pančevo)
- 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)
- Ilova (near Lipovljani)
- Sunja (in Puska, near Novska)
- Kupa (in Sisak)
- Sutla (in Brdovec municipality near Zaprešić)
- Krka
- Savinja
- Tisza/Tisa/Theiß (near Belgrade)
- Drava (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)
- Zala (flows into Lake Balaton near Keszthely)
- Ipeľ (in Szob)
- Hron (near Esztergom)
- Váh (in Komárno)
- Rába/Raab (near Győr)
- Leitha (near Mosonmagyaróvár)
- Morava/March (in Bratislava-Devin)
- Thaya/Dyje (near Hohenau)
- Wien (in Vienna)
- Ybbs (in Ybbs an der Donau)
- Enns (in Enns)
- Traun (in Linz)
- Ilz (in Passau)
- Inn River (in Passau)
- Rott (in Schärding)
- Salzach (in Haiming)
- Saalach (in Freilassing)
- Alz (in Marktl)
- Traun (in Altenmarkt an der Alz)
- Ziller (in Münster)
- Vils (in Vilshofen)
- Große Vils
- Kleine Vils
- Isar (near Deggendorf)
- Ammer/Amper (near Moosburg)
- Glonn
- Würm (near Dachau)
- Loisach
- Ammer/Amper (near Moosburg)
- Große Laaber (near Straubing)
- Regen (in Regensburg)
- Chambach (in Cham)
- Weißer Regen
- Schwarzer Regen
- Naab (near Regensburg)
- Vils (in Kallmünz)
- Altmühl (in Kelheim)
- Ilm (in Vohburg)
- Paar (near Vohburg)
- Lech (near Donauwörth)
- Wertach (in Augsburg)
- Schmutter (in Donauwörth)
- Zusam (in Donauwörth)
- Wörnitz (in Donauwörth)
- Brenz (in Lauingen)
- Mindel (near Günzburg)
- Günz (in Günzburg)
- Blau
- Iller (in Ulm)
- Breitach (near Oberstdorf)
- Trettach (near Oberstdorf)
- Stillach (near Oberstdorf)
- Riss (near Ehingen)
- Lauchert
- Brigach, near Donaueschingen
- Breg, near Donaueschingen
- Prut (near Reni)
- Dniestr/Nistru (near Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi) - Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria
- Seret (near Zalischyky)
- Dnipro (near Kherson) - Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
- Inhulets' (near Kherson)
- Bazavluk (near Ordzhonikidze)
- Kinka (near Zaporizhzhia)
- Samara (near Dnipropetrovs'k)
- Vorskla (near Verkhn'odniprovs'k)
- Psel (in Kremenchuk)
- Sula (near Kremenchuk)
- Ros' (near Kaniv)
- Desna (in Kyiv)
- Seim (in Sosnytsia)
- Sudost (north of Novhorod-Sivers'kyi)
- Pripyat (near Chernobyl)
- Sozh (in Loev/Loeu)
- Berezina (near Rechytsa)
- Drut' (in Ragachou/Rogachëv)
- Southern Bug (near Mykolaiv) - Ukraine
Sea of Azov
Caspian Sea
- Volga (near Astrakhan) - Russia
Mediterranean Sea
- Besós (at Badalona)
- Ebre (in Tarragona)
- Segre (in Mequinenza)
- Valira
- Noguera Pallaresa (in Noguera)
- Noguera Ribargorzana
- Cinca
- Segre (in Mequinenza)
- Júcar - Spain
- Huécar
- Llobregat (near Barcelona)
- 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)
- Saône (in Lyon)
- Doubs (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs)
- Ouche (in Saint-Jean-de-Losne)
- Ain (near Pont-de-Chéruy)
- Arve (in Geneva)
- Segura - Spain
- Mundo
- Benamor
- Mula
- Guadalentin
- Ter - Catalonia
- Têt (near Perpignan)
- Turia (in Valencia)
Adriatic Sea
- Adige/Etsch (Italy)
- Isarco/Eisack (near Bozen-Bolzano)
- Bojana/Buene (near Ulcinj)
- Cetina (in Omiš)
- Drin - Albania (in Lezhe)
- Drini i Bardhë/Beli Drim (in Kukes)
- Drini i Zi/Crni Drim (in Kukes)
- Krka - Croatia (near Šibenik)
- Čikola
- Neretva (near Ploče)
- Rama
- Krupa
- Piave (Italy)
- Po - northern Italy
- Sangro (Italy)
- Seman (Albania)
- Devoll
- Shkumbini (Albania)
- Soča
- Vjose (Albania)
- Zrmanja (near Obrovac)
Aegean Sea
- Aliákmon/Vistrítsa - Greece
- Néstos/Mesta and Potamos (near Thasos)
- Peneus/Pineios - Greece, Aegean (near Tempe)
- Maritsa/Évros/Meriç (at Enez, near Alexandroupolis)
- Struma
- Vardar/Axios - Greece - Macedonia (near Thessaloniki)
Ionian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
North Sea
- Elbe (near Cuxhaven)
- Oste (near Otterndorf)
- Stör (near Glückstadt)
- Alster (in Hamburg)
- Jeetzel (in Hitzacker)
- Löcknitz (near Dömitz)
- Elde (near Dömitz)
- Aland (in Schnackenburg)
- Stepenitz (in Wittenberge)
- Karthane (in Wittenberge)
- Dömnitz
- Kümmermitz
- Havel (near Havelberg)
- Tanger (near Tangermünde)
- Ohre (Saxony-Anhalt) (near Rogätz)
- Beber
- Saale (in Barby)
- Bode (in Nienburg (Saale)
- Wipper (Harz) (near Bernburg)
- Weiße Elster, near Halle (Saale)
- Unstrut, near Naumburg
- Helme
- Wipper (Hainleite)
- Helbe
- Gera
- Ilm, near Großheringen
- Orla, near Orlamünde
- Sormitz
- Loquitz
- Schwarza (Saale)
- Wisenta
- Selbitz
- Mulde (in Dessau)
- Zwickauer Mulde, oberhalb von Grimma
- Chemnitz (river)
- Freiberger Mulde, near Grimma
- Zschopau (river)
- Zwickauer Mulde, oberhalb von Grimma
- Schwarze Elster (in Elster)
- Jahna (in Riesa)
- Weißeritz (in Dresden)
- Rote Weißeritz, near Freital-Hainsberg
- Wilde Weißeritz, near Freital-Hainsberg
- Prießnitz (in Dresden)
- Lockwitz (in Dresden)
- Müglitz (in Heidenau)
- Wesenitz (in Pirna)
- Gottleuba (in Pirna)
- Kirnitzsch (in Bad Schandau)
- Bilina (in Ústí nad Labem)
- Ohře (in Litoměřice)
- Vltava (in Mělník)
- Berounka (near Prague)
- Glomma (Norway)
- Humber (England)
- Meuse (Maas) - 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)
- Geleenbeek (near Maasbracht)
- Geul (near Meerssen)
- Jeker/Geer (in Maastricht)
- Voer/Fouron (in Eijsden)
- Berwine (near Moelingen, part of Voeren)
- Ourthe (in Liège)
- Vesdre (near Liège)
- Amblève (in Comblain-au-Pont)
- Salm (in Trois-Ponts)
- Warche (near Malmedy)
- Hoyoux (in Huy)
- Sambre (in Namur)
- Bocq (in Yvoir)
- Molignée (in Anhée)
- Lesse (in Anseremme, part of Dinant)
- Viroin (in Vireux-Molhain)
- Semois/Semoy (in Monthermé)
- Bar (near Dom-le-Mesnil)
- Chiers (in Bazeilles)
- Dieze (near 's-Hertogenbosch)
- Rhine (Rhein) - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands
- Lek (in Wijk bij Duurstede)
- IJssel (near Arnhem)
- Waal (in Pannerden)
- Lippe (in Wesel)
- Emscher (near Dinslaken)
- Ruhr (in Duisburg)
- Lenne (near Hagen)
- Möhne (in Neheim-Hüsten)
- Düssel (in Düsseldorf)
- Erft (in Neuss)
- Wupper (in Leverkusen)
- Dhünn (in Leverkusen)
- Wipper (in Wipperfürth)
- Sieg (in Bonn)
- Ahr (near Sinzig)
- Wied (in Neuwied)
- Moselle (in Koblenz)
- Elzbach (in Moselkern)
- Alf (in Alf)
- Lieser (near Bernkastel-Kues)
- Dhron (in Neumagen-Dhron)
- Salm, near Klüsserath
- Kyll (near Trier-Ehrang)
- Ruwer (near Trier-Ruwer)
- Riveris, near Waldrach
- Rauruwer, near Hinzenburg
- Saar, near Konz
- Nied (near Rehlingen-Siersburg)
- Prims (in Dillingen)
- Blies (in Sarreguemines)
- Sauer (in Wasserbillig)
- Prüm (near Echternach)
- Nims (in Irrel)
- Our (in Wallendorf)
- Prüm (near Echternach)
- Orne (near Mondelange)
- Seille (near Pont-à-Mousson)
- Meurthe (in Frouard)
- Madon (in Neuves-Maisons)
- Vologne (near Éloyes)
- Moselotte (in Remiremont)
- Lahn (in Lahnstein)
- Aar (in Diez)
- Weil (in Weilburg)
- Dill (in Wetzlar)
- Ohm (in Cölbe)
- Wisper (in Lorch)
- Nahe (in Bingen)
- Alsenz (near Bad Kreuznach)
- Main (in Mainz)
- Nidda (in Frankfurt-Höchst)
- Kinzig (in Hanau)
- Gersprenz (near Aschaffenburg)
- Aschaff (in Aschaffenburg)
- Tauber (in Wertheim)
- Fränkische Saale (in Gemünden)
- Regnitz (in Bamberg)
- Weißer Main (near Kulmbach)
- Roter Main (near Kulmbach)
- Neckar (in Mannheim)
- Jagst (near Bad Friedrichshall)
- Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall)
- Rems (near Ludwigsburg)
- Fils (in Plochingen)
- Queich (near Germersheim)
- Lauter (in Lauterbourg)
- Murg (near Rastatt)
- Ill, near Strasbourg
- Kinzig, near Kehl
- Elz (near Lahr
- Wiese (near Basel)
- Aare (in Koblenz)
- Thur (near Flaach)
- Landquart (in Landquart)
- Vorderrhein (near Chur)
- Hinterrhein (near Chur)
- Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut - France, Belgium, Netherlands
- Tweed
- Thames, near London - England
- Weser
- Hunte
- Lesum
- Aller, near Verden (Aller)
- Diemel
- Fulda, Hannoversch Münden
- Haune, Bad Hersfeld
- Eder, Edermünde
- Schwalm, near Edermünde
- Werra, Hannoversch Münden
- Ulster
- Felda
- Schmalkalde, by Schmalkalden
- Hasel, by Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal
- Schleuse, nearby Themar
- Wye, UK
- River Monnow
- River Trothy
- Tyne, England (at South Shields)
- Tyne, Scotland (at Tyne Mouth)
The Channel
- Seine (in Le Havre) - France
- Eure (in Pont-de-l'Arche)
- Oise (in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris)
- Aisne (in Compiègne)
- Marne (in Ivry-sur-Seine, south-east of Paris)
- Yonne (in Montereau-Fault-Yonne)
- Aube (near Romilly-sur-Seine)
- Somme (near Abbeville) - France
White Sea
- Northern Dvina - Russia
- Vychegda
- Uftyga (?)
- Pinega
- Yemtsa
- Vaga
- Yug
- Sukhona (Suhona)
Not yet sorted
See also
European countries
- Rivers of Albania
- Rivers of Austria
- Rivers of Belarus
- Rivers of Belgium
- Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Rivers of Bulgaria
- Rivers of Catalonia and the Tyrrhenean
- Rivers of the Caucasus:
- Rivers of Armenia
- Rivers of Azerbaijan
- Rivers of Georgia
- Rivers of Croatia
- Rivers of the Czech Republic
- Rivers of Denmark
- Rivers of Estonia
- Rivers of European Russia
- Rivers of Finland
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Germany
- Rivers of Greece
- Rivers of Iceland
- Rivers of Ireland
- Rivers of Italy
- Rivers of Kazakhstan (the western portion is in Europe, this list includes the Asian ones).
- Rivers of Lithuania
- Rivers of Latvia
- Rivers of Moldova
- Rivers of Montenegro
- Rivers of the Netherlands
- Rivers of Norway
- Rivers of Poland
- Rivers of Portugal
- Rivers of Romania
- Rivers of Russia
- Rivers of Serbia
- Rivers of Slovakia
- Rivers of Slovenia
- Rivers of Spain
- Rivers of Sweden
- Rivers of Switzerland
- Rivers of Tatarstan and Dagestan
- Rivers of Turkey (rivers of eastern Thrace are in Europe, this list includes Asian ones)
- Rivers of Ukraine
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Waterways in the United Kingdom
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