List of European rivers with alternative names
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Many rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone name changes
for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European rivers. It also includes some lesser rivers that are important because of their location or history.
This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any river is or was. Rivers are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in...?".
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Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the uncontroversial change of a street name to a highly disputed change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but the new names are not recognised by other countries,...
for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European rivers. It also includes some lesser rivers that are important because of their location or history.
This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", "real", or "correct" name of any river is or was. Rivers are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English. The English version is followed by variants in other languages, in alphabetical order by name, and then by any historical variants and former names.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents may be listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in...?".
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Aar | Aar (French), Aare (German) |
| Adige Adige The Adige is a river with its source in the Alpine province of South Tyrol near the Italian border with Austria and Switzerland. At in length, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the River Po with .... |
Ades (Dolomitic Ladin), Adige (French, Italian), Adigio (Spanish), Adiža (Slovene), Adiže (Czech), Adyga (Polish), Atesis (Latin), Etsch (German), Athysis - Αθυσης (Ancient Greek) |
| Albula Albula The term albula can refer to:*Albula Range, a mountain range in Switzerland*Albula , in Switzerland*Albula , a district in canton Graubünden, Switzerland*Albula Pass*Albula Railway, which forms part of the Rhaetian Railway... |
Albula (German), Alvra (Romansh) |
| Alzette Alzette The Alzette is a river with a length of 73 kilometers in France and Luxembourg. It is a right tributary of the Sauer.It rises in Thil near the town Villerupt in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, France. It crosses the border with Luxembourg after a few kilometres. In Lameschmillen it is joined... |
Alzette (French), Alzig (German, old), Uelzecht (Luxembourgish) |
| Angrapa Angrapa Angrapa is a river in northeastern Poland and Russia . It originates in Masuria and flows into the Pregolya, of which it is a main tributary.The Angrapa has a length of 172 km and a basin area of 3,639 km²... |
Angerapp (German), Angrapa (Russian), Węgorapa (Polish) |
| Arieş Arieș River (Mureș) The Arieș is a tributary of Mureș River in Transylvania, Romania.Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River" in Dalmatian which is thought to be very similar to the Dacian language. It is concluded that the Romanian name most probably derives from the Dacian name of the river... |
Arieş (Romanian), Aranyos (Hungarian) |
| Aude Aude River The Aude River is a river of southwestern France. Its source is in the Pyrenees mountains and it then runs to Carcassonne and turns, reaching the Mediterranean Sea near Narbonne... |
Atax (Latin), Aude (French, Catalan) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Birs Birs The Birs is a 73-km long river in Switzerland that flows through the Jura region and ends as a tributary to the Rhine between Basel and Birsfelden.- Picture gallery :... |
Birs (German), Birse (French) |
| Bóbr Bóbr Bóbr is a river which runs through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland, a left tributary of the Oder River, with a length of and a basin area of .The Bóbr originates in the Rýchory mountains in the southeast of the Karkonosze range, where the source is... |
Bober (German), Bobr (Czech), Bóbr (Polish) |
| Bosna | Basana (Latin), Bosna (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Vasna (variant name) |
| Brda Brda River The Brda is a river in northwestern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's 15th longest river, with a total length of 238 km and a catchment area of 4,627 km².-Navigation:... |
Brahe (German), Brda (Czech, Polish) |
| Bug, Southern Southern Bug The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh), is a river located in Ukraine. The source of the river is in the west of Ukraine, in the Volyn-Podillia Upland, about 145 km from the Polish border, and flows southeasterly into the Bug Estuary through the southern steppes... |
Aksu (Ottoman Turkish), Boh (Czech, Polish, Slovak), Bug (German), Etelä-Bug (Finnish), Hypanis (Greek, Latin), Lõuna-Bug (Estonian), Pivdennyi Buh - Південний Буг (Ukrainian), Yuzhnyi Bug - Южный Буг (Russian) |
| Bug Bug River The Bug River is a left tributary of the Narew river flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as... |
Bug (German, Hungarian, Polish), Bug / Länsi-Bug (Finnish), Bug / Lääne-Bug (Estonian), Bug - בוג (Yiddish), Buh - Буг (Ukrainian), Zakhodni Bug or Western Bug - Заходні Буг (Belarusian), Zapadnyi Bug - Западный Буг (Russian) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Charente Charente River The Charente is a 381 km long river in southwestern France.Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime... |
Charanta (Occitan), Charenta (Spanish), Charente (French) |
| Chiers Chiers The Chiers is a river in Luxembourg, Belgium and France. It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. Its total length is about 130 km.The source of the Chiers is near Differdange, in Luxembourg... |
Chiers (French), Korn (German), Kuer (Luxembourgish) |
| Crasna Crasna River (Tisza) The Crasna or Kraszna is the name of a river in northwestern Romania and northeastern Hungary.The Crasna is a tributary of the Tisza River. Its source is in Transylvania, Romania, near the village of Crasna. It flows through the Romanian counties Sălaj and Satu Mare and the Hungarian county... |
Crasna (Romanian), Kraszna (Hungarian) |
| Crişul Alb | Biely Kriš (Slovak), Bílý Kriš (Czech), Crişul Alb (Romanian), Fehér-Körös (Hungarian) |
| Crişul Negru | Černý Kriš (Czech), Čierny Kriš (Slovak), Crişul Negru (Romanian), Fekete-Körös (Hungarian) |
| Crişul Repede | Bystrý Kriš (Slovak, Czech), Crişul Repede (Romanian), Sebes-Körös (Hungarian) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Danube | Afon Donwy (Welsh), Danubah - דנובה (Hebrew), Danube (French), Danubi (Catalan), Danubio (Italian, Spanish), Danúbio (Portuguese), Danubius / Danuvius or Ister (Latin), Danubju (Maltese), Danubo (Esperanto), Dhúnavis - Δούναβης (Greek), Istros - Ιστρος (Ancient Greek), Donava (Slovene), Donau (Indonesian, Danish, Dutch, German, Swedish), Doonau (Estonian), Duna (Hungarian), Dunaj (Czech, Polish, Slovak), Dunăre / Dunărea (Romanian), Dunav - Дунав (Bulgarian, Serbian), Dunav (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Dunay - Дунай (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian), Tonava (Finnish), Tuna (Turkish) |
| Daugava/Dvina, Western | Daugava (Latvian), Daugava or Väina (Estonian), Daugava or Väinänjoki (Finnish), Daugava or Västra Dvina (Swedish), Daugava or Westelijke Dwina (Dutch), Dauguva (Lithuanian), Duina (Spanish), Düna (German), Dz'vina - Дзьвіна (Belarusian), Dźwina (Polish), Západní Dvina (Czech), Western Dvina (alternative English name), Zapadnaya Dvina - Западная Двина (Russian) |
| Dee River Dee, Wales The River Dee is a long river in the United Kingdom. It travels through Wales and England and also forms part of the border between the two countries.... |
Dyfrdwy (Welsh) |
| Dniepr Dnieper River The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea.The total length is and has a drainage basin of .The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations... |
Borysthenes (Latin), Vorysthenes - Βορυσθενης and Danapris - Δαναπρης (Greek and Ancient Greek), Dinyeper (Turkish), Dnepr (Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish), Dnepr - Днепр (Russian), Dněpr (Czech), Dnieper (Italian, Portuguese), Dnièper (Catalan), Dniepr (Polish), Dnipro - Днiпро (Ukrainian), Dnjepar (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Dnyapro - Дняпро (Belarusian), Dnyeper (Hungarian), Nipru (Romanian), Dnjeper (Slovene), Özü (Crimean Tatar) |
| Dniestr | Dinyester (Turkish), Dnestr - Днестр (Russian),Dnestr (Estonian, Finnish), Dněstr (Czech), Dniester (Italian, Portuguese), Dnièster (Catalan), Dniestr (Polish), Dnistro - Днiпсто (Ukrainian), Dnjestar (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Dnjestr (Swedish), Dnjeszter (Hungarian), Nistru (Romanian), Tyras (Latin), Dnjester (Slovene), Dnesteros - Δνειστερος and Thyras - Θυρας (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Dollart Dollart The Dollart is a bay between northern Netherlands and Germany, on the west side of the estuary of the Ems river. Most of it dries at low tide. Many water birds feed there.- Gaining from and losing to the sea :... |
Dollard (Dutch), Dollart (German) |
| Don | Don - Дон (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Don (Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish) |
| Dordogne Dordogne River The Dordogne is a river in south-central and southwest France.-Name:Contrary to appearances, the name of the Dordogne is not a recent word resulting from the names of the Dore and the Dogne... |
Dordogna (Italian), Dordogne (French, Finnish), Dordoña (Spanish), Dordonha (Occitan, Portuguese), Dordonya (Catalan) |
| Doubs Doubs River The Doubs is a 453 km long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, left tributary of the Saône. Its source is near Mouthe in the western Jura mountains.... |
Doubs (French, Spanish), Dubis (Latin), Dhuvis - Δουβης (Ancient Greek) |
| Douro Douro The Douro or Duero is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto... |
Doure (Catalan), Douro (Mirandese, Portuguese, Finnish, French, Esperanto, Dutch, Galego, Hungarian), Duero (Italian, Polish, Spanish), Durius (Latin), Dhureios - Δουρειος (Ancient Greek) |
| Drave | Drau (German), Drava (Bosnian, Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene), Dráva (Czech, Hungarian), Dravus (Latin), Drawa (Polish) |
| Drina Drina The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed... |
Drin / Drini (Albanian), Drina (Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene), Dhrinos - Δρινος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Drwęca Drweca The Drwęca is a river in northern Poland and a tributary of the Vistula river near Toruń, forming a part of the city's administrative boundary. It has a length of 207 km and a basin area of 5,344 km², all in Poland.Towns:... |
Drewenz (German), Drwęca (Polish) |
| Dvina, Northern Northern Dvina The Northern Dvina is a river in Northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean... |
Dvina or Põhja-Dvina (Estonian) Pohjois-Dvina (Finnish), Dvina Settentrionale (Italian), Dwina (Polish), Norra Dvina or Dvina (Swedish), Severní Dvina (Czech), Severnaya Dvina - Северная Двина (Russian) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Ebro Ebro The Ebro or Ebre is one of the most important rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the biggest river by discharge volume in Spain.The Ebro flows through the following cities:*Reinosa in Cantabria.*Miranda de Ebro in Castile and León.... |
Ebre (Catalan), Èbre (French), Ebro (Finnish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish), Iberus (Latin), Hèvros - Εβρος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Eider | Aider (Low Saxon), Egdor or Egdore (Latin), Egða (Icelandic), Eider (German), Ejderen (Danish) |
| Eisack Eisack The Eisack is a river in Northern Italy, the second largest river in South Tyrol. Its source is near the Brenner Pass, at an altitude of about 1990 m above sea level. The river draws water from an area of about 4,200 km². After about 96 km, it joins the Adige river south of Bolzano. At first the... |
Eisack (German), Isarco (Italian), Isarchos - Ισαρχος (Ancient Greek), Hisarcus or Isarus or Isarcus (Latin) |
| Elbe Elbe The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg... |
Albis (Latin), Elba (Catalan, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish), El'ba - Эльба (Russian), Elbe (German, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish), Elben (Danish), Elv (Low Saxon), Laba (Serbian, Slovene), Łaba (Polish), Labe (Czech) |
| Ems | Amisia or Amisus (Latin), Eems (Dutch, Low German), Ems (German), Ems - Эмс (Russian), Emže (Czech), Amisos - Αμισος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
| Enns Enns River The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns River spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the towns of Gasthofalm and Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then turns north near Hieflau, to flow... |
Anisus (Greek and Latin), Enns (German, Hungarian), Enže (Czech) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Fella | Bela (Slovene), Bělá (Czech), Fella (German, Hungarian, Italian) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Garonne Garonne The Garonne is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of .-Source:The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Pyrenees, though three different locations have been proposed as the true source: the Uelh deth Garona at Plan de Beret , the Ratera-Saboredo... |
Garona (Aranese, Catalan, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish), Garonna (Italian, Polish), Garonne (French, Finnish), Garumna (Latin), Garona - Гарона (Russian) |
| Gironde Gironde estuary The Gironde is a navigable estuary , in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just below the centre of Bordeaux... |
Gironda (Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Gironde (French, Finnish), Žironda (Serbian), Żyronda (Polish), Zhironda - Жиронда (Russian) |
| Glâne Glâne Glâne may refer to:* Glâne District, a districts in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland* Glâne , a river in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland... |
Glâne (French), Glane (German) |
| Guadalquivir Guadalquivir The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in the Iberian peninsula and the second longest river to be its whole length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers... |
Baetis (Latin), Guadalquivir (Catalan, Finnish, Italian, Spanish), Gwadalkiwir (Polish), Wādi l-Kabīr (Arabic) |
| Guadiana Guadiana The Guadiana , or Odiana, is an international river located on the Portuguese–Spanish border, separating Extremadura and Andalucia from Alentejo and Algarve... |
Anas (Latin), Guadiana (Catalan, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Gwadiana (Polish) |
| Gurk Gurk River The Gurk is a river in Carinthia, Austria. It is the second longest river in that state after the Drava.A northern tributary of the river Drava, the 120 km long Gurk flows from under Nock Mountains, near the border of Austrian provinces of Styria and Carinthia. Its sources are two small lakes, the... (Carinthia) |
Gurk (German), Krka (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene) |
H
| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Hron Hron Hron is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom... |
Garam (Hungarian), Gran (German), Hron (Czech, Slovak) |
| Hornád Hornád Hornád or Hernád is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary.It is a tributary to the river Sajó, which is itself a tributary to the river Tisza. The source of the Hornád is in the Low Tatra mountains under the Kráľova hoľa hill, southwest of Poprad... |
Hernád (Hungarian), Hornád (Czech, Slovak) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Ipeľ Ipel Ipeľ or Ipoly is a 232 km long river in Slovakia and Hungary, tributary to the river Danube. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovenské rudohorie Mountains... |
Eipel (German), Ipeľ or Jupoľ (Slovak), Ipola (Czech), Ipoly (Hungarian) |
| Isar Isar The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf. At 295 km in length, it is the fourth largest river... |
Isara (Latin), Isar (German), Izar - Изар (Russian), Izara (Polish) |
| Isère Isère River The Isère is a 286 km long river in southeastern France, in the Rhône-Alpes région. Its source is in the Alps on the border with Italy, near the ski resort Val d'Isère. It flows into the Rhône River in Pont-de-l'Isère, a few km north of Valence... |
Isara (Latin), Isère (French), Izera (Polish) |
| Inn Inn River The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :... |
Aenus / Oenus (Latin), En (Romansh), Eno (Italian), Inn (German), Inn - Инн (Russian), Aenos - Αινος (Ancient Greek) |
J
| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Jeker Jeker The Jeker is a river in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is a left tributary to the river Meuse. The source of the Jeker is near the village Geer in the Belgian province Liège. Most of its course is in Belgium , except the final approx. 5 km in the Netherlands... |
Jeker (Dutch), Geer (French) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Körös Körös River Körös is the name of a 195 km long river in eastern Hungary. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös and Fekete-Körös near Gyula. The Sebes-Körös flows into the Körös near Gyomaendrőd... |
Criş (Romanian), Crisus / Crisia / Grisia / Gerasus (Latin), Körös (Hungarian), Kreisch (German [archaic]), Kriš (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovak), |
| Krka Krka (Slovenia) The Krka is a river in the historic Lower Carniola region of Slovenia, a right tributary of the Sava.It sources at Gradiček near the village of Krka, about southwest of Ivančna Gorica and around southeast of Ljubljana, before flowing southeast... (Slovenia) |
Gurk (German), Krka (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovene), Corcoras-Κορκόρας (Greek) |
| Krka Krka (Croatia) Krka is a river in Croatia's Dalmatia region, famous for its numerous waterfalls. It is long and its basin covers an area of .Possibly the river called Catarbates by the ancient Greeks, it was known to the ancient Romans as Titius, Corcoras, or Korkoras.The river has its source near the border... (Croatia) |
Cherca (Italian), Corcoras / Korkoras - Κορκορας (Latin and Ancient Greek), Kerka (Hungarian), Krka (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovene), Catarbates-Καταρβάτης (Greek) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Lech | Lech (German), Licca (Latin) |
| Leitha | Lajta (Hungarian), Leitha (German), Litava (Czech, Slovak), Litawa (Polish) |
| Ljubljanica Ljubljanica The Ljubljanica is a river in the southern part of Ljubljana Basin in Slovenia. The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, is situated on the river. The Ljubljanica rises to the south of the town Vrhnika and outflows in the Sava River about downstream from Ljubljana. Its largest affluent is Mali graben.... |
Laibach (German), Ljubljanica (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene), Ľubľanica (Slovak), Lublaňka (Czech) |
| Loire | Leira (Occitan), Liger (Latin), Loara (Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene), Loira (Catalan, Czech, Italian, Spanish), Loire (Dutch, French, Hungarian, Spanish), Luara - Луара (Russian, Ukrainian) |
| Lot Lot River The Lot, , originally the Olt , is a river in France, right tributary of the Garonne. It rises in the Cévennes, flowing west through Quercy, where it flows into the Garonne near Aiguillon, a total distance of... |
Lot (French), Oltis (Latin) |
| Lys Lys River The Leie or Lys is a river in France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is .... |
Leie (Dutch), Lys (French) |
M
| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Main | Main (German, Dutch, French, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish), Majna (Hungarian, Serbian), Mayn - Майн (Russian, Ukrainian), Men (Polish), Meno (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Moënus (Latin), Mohan (Czech, Slovak) |
| Maritsa Maritsa The Maritsa or Evros , ) is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey... |
Évros - Έβρος (Greek), Marica (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian), Meriç (Turkish) |
| Marne Marne River The Marne is a river in France, a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. It is long. The river gave its name to the départements of Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne, and Val-de-Marne.... |
Måne (Walloon), Marna (Czech, Italian, Polish, Romanian), Marne (Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Spanish), Matrona (Latin) |
| Mesta Mesta River The Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations... |
Mesta - Места (Bulgarian), Nestos - Νέστος (Greek) |
| Meuse Meuse River The Maas or Meuse is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea... |
Maas (Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Mása (Czech), Meuse (French), Mosa (Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish), Mouze (Walloon), Moza (Polish) |
| Morava (Moravia) | March (German), Morava (Czech, Estonian, Italian, Romanian, Slovene), Moravia (Latin), Morawa (Polish), Morva (Hungarian) |
| Morava (Serbia) | Margus (Latin), Morava (Hungarian, Serbian, Romanian, Slovene), Velika Morava (Estonian), (Velká) Morava (Czech) |
| Moselle Moselle River The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine, joining the Rhine at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our.... |
Moezel (Dutch), Mosel (German, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish), Mosela (Czech, Portuguese, Spanish), Mosella (Italian, Latin), Mosel·la (Catalan), Moselle (French), Mozela (Polish), Mozel' - Мозель (Russian), Musel (Luxembourgish) |
| Mur | Mur (German), Mura (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovene) |
| Mureş Mures River The Mureș is an approximately 761 km long river in Eastern Europe. It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, and joins the Tisza river at Szeged in southeastern Hungary.... |
Marisia / Marisus (Latin), Marisos - Μαρισος (Ancient Greek), Maros (Hungarian), Marusza (Polish), Moriš (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Mureş (Romanian), Mieresch (German), Maroš (Czech) |
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| English Name | Other name(s) or older name(s) |
|---|---|
| Naab Naab The Naab is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and is a left tributary of the Danube. It is approx. long, including its main source river Waldnaab.... |
Nába (Czech) |
| Narew Narew The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river... |
Narau - Нараў (Belarusian), Narew (German, Polish), Narev (Czech) |
| Narva Narva River The Narva is a river flowing into the Baltic Sea, the largest river in Estonia. Draining Lake Peipsi, the river forms the border of Estonia and Russia and flows through the towns of Narva/Ivangorod and Narva-Jõesuu into Narva Bay. Though the river is only 77 km long, in terms of volume... |
Narva (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Swedish), Narva - Нарва (Russian), Narvajoki (Finnish), Narwa (Polish), 나르바 강 (Korean) |
| (Glatzer) Neisse | Glatzer Neiße (German), Kladská Nisa (Czech), Nysa Kłodzka (Polish) |
| (Lusatian) Neisse Lusatian Neisse The Lusatian Neisse is a long river in Central Europe. The river has its source in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after , and later forms the Polish-German border on a length of... |
Lausitzer Neiße (German), Lužická Nisa (Czech), Łužiska Nysa (Sorbian), Nysa Łużycka (Polish) |
| Neman Neman River Neman or Niemen or Nemunas, is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches... |
Memel (German), Neman - Неман (Russian), Němen (Czech), Nemuna (Latvian), Nemunas (Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Norwegian), Niémen (French), Niemen (Polish), Njemen (Swedish), Nyoman - Нёман (Belarusian) |
| Neretva Neretva Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual... |
Narenta (Italian), Naro (Latin), Neretva (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene), Neretva - Неретва (Serbian), Neretwa (Polish) |
| Neva | Neeva (Estonian), Neva (Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish), Neva - Нева (Russian), Něva (Czech), Newa (German, Polish), Néva (Hungarian), Nevan (Swedish variant) |
| Nitra Nitra River The Nitra is a 197 km long river in western Slovakia. It flows into the Váh river close to its confluence with the Danube in Komárno. Its source is in the Malá Fatra mountains north of Prievidza. The river Nitra passes through the towns of Bojnice, Topoľčany, Nitra and Nové Zámky.... |
Neutra (German), Nitra (Czech, Slovak), Nyitra (Hungarian) |
| Noteć Notec Noteć is a river in central Poland with a length of 388 km and a basin area of 17,330 km². It is a tributary of the Warta river and lies completely within Poland.... |
Natissis (Latin), Netze (German), Noteć (Polish), Noteč (Czech) |
| Nysa Szalona Nysa Szalona The Nysa Szalona is a river in Poland. It has a length of ca. 51 km and flows into the Kaczawa, which in turn flows into the Oder.... |
Nysa Szalona (Polish), Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße (German), Šílená Nisa (Czech) |
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| Oder Oder The Oder is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line... |
Oder (French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish), Òder (Catalan), Odera (Hungarian), Odera or Oddera (medieval Latin), Odra (Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene), Viadua, Viadrua, or Viadrus (Latin), Viadros - Βιαδρος (Ancient Greek) |
| Ohře Ohre The Ohře is a 316 km long river in Germany and the Czech Republic , left tributary of the Elbe. The basin area of the river has a size of 6,255 km², of which 5,614 km² are in the Czech Republic and 641 km² in Germany... |
Eger (German), Ohrza (Polish), Ohře (Czech) |
| Olt Olt River The Olt River is a river in Romania. It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its source is in the Hăşmaş Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the village Bălan. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Braşov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt... |
Aluta (Polish), Alutus (Latin), Olt (Hungarian, Romanian), Alt (German), Alytos - Αλυτος (Greek) |
| Olza Olza River is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Oder River. It flows from the Silesian Beskids through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and Frýdek-Místek and Karviná districts of the Czech Republic, often forming the border with Poland. It flows into the Oder River north... |
Olsa (German), Olša (Slovak), Olše (Czech), Olza (Polish) |
| Orava Orava River The Orava is a 60.9 km long river in north-western Slovakia passing through a picturesque country, in the Orava county. Its source is nowadays the Orava water reservoir whose waters flooded the confluence of Biela Orava and Čierna Orava in 1953. It flows into the river Váh near the village... |
Arva (Latin), Árva (Hungarian), Arwa (German), Orava (Czech, Slovak), Orawa (Polish) |
| Oulujoki Oulujoki Oulujoki is a river in Oulu province, Finland.Its origin is Oulujärvi and, its watershed area covers a significant part of Kainuu region.... |
Oulujoki (Finnish), Ule älv (Norwegian, Swedish) |
| Ourthe Ourthe The Ourthe is a 165 km long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia . It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Ourthe is formed at the confluence of the Ourthe Occidentale and the Ourthe Orientale , west of Houffalize.The source of the Ourthe Occidentale is near Libramont-Chevigny, in the... |
Ourte (former French [French Empire]), Ourthe (French), Oûte (Walloon) |
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| Peene Peene The Peene is a river in Germany. The Westpeene, Kleine Peene and Ostpeene flow into the Kummerower See, and from there as Peene proper to Anklam and into the Oder Lagoon.... |
Peene (German), Piana (Polish), Pěna (Czech) |
| Piave Piave River Piave is a river in north Italy. It begins in the Alps and flows southeast for into the Adriatic Sea near the city of Venice.... |
Piave (Italian), Piawa (Polish), Plavá (Czech), Plavis (Latin) |
| Po Po River The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face... |
Padus or Eridanus (Latin), Pàdhos - Παδος and Eridanos - Ηριδανος (Greek and Ancient Greek), Pád (Czech), Pad (Polish, Slovene), Po (Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Maltese, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish), Pó (Hungarian, Portuguese) |
| Pregolya Pregolya The Pregolya or Pregola is a river in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave.It starts as a confluence of the Instruch and the Angrapa and drains into the Baltic Sea through Vistula Lagoon. Its length under the name of Pregolya is 123 km, 292 km including the Angrapa. The basin has an... |
Pregel (German, Hungarian), Pregoła (Polish), Pregola (Czech, variant in English), Pregolja (Finnish), Pregolya - Преголя (Russian), Vatrulia (Latin) |
| Pripyat Pripyat River The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper.... |
Pripet (Finnish), Pripjaty (Hungarian), Pripyat |
| Prut | Prut (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Turkish), Prut - פּרוט (Yiddish), Pruth (German), Pyretus (Latin), Pyretòs - Πυρετος (Greek and Ancient Greek) |
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| Rába Rába The Rába is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a right tributary of the Danube. Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur below Heubodenhöhe Hill. It flows through the Austrian states of Styria and Burgenland, and the Hungarian counties of Vas and... |
Arabo or Raba (Latin), Raab (German), Rába (Czech, Hungarian), Raba (Romanian, Slovene), Aravos - Αραβος (Ancient Greek) |
| Rhine | Rajna (Bosnian, Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian), Rayn - רײַן (Yiddish), Rein (Estonian, Finnish), Ren (Polish, Slovene, Turkish), Reno (Italian, Portuguese), Renu (Maltese), Reyn - Рейн (Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian), Reyn - Рэйн (Belarusian), Rhein (German), Rhen (Swedish), Rhenus (Latin), Rhin (French), Rhinen (Danish), Rhinos - Ρηνος (Greek), Rijn (Dutch), Rin (Catalan, Romanian, Spanish, Walloon), Ryn (Afrikaans), Rýn (Czech, Slovak) |
| Rhône Rhône River The Rhone is one of the major rivers of Europe, rising in Switzerland and running from there through southeastern France. At Arles, near its mouth on the Mediterranean Sea, the river divides into two branches, known as the Great Rhone and the Little Rhone... |
Rhodanus (Latin), Rhodanòs - Ροδανος (Greek and Ancient Greek), Rhône (Estonian, Dutch, French), Rhone (German, Hungarian), Rodan (Polish), Rodano (Italian), Ródano (Portuguese, Spanish), Roine (Catalan), Ron (Romanian), Rona - Рона (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Rona (Slovene), Róna (Czech), Ròse (Occitan), Rotten (old German name, still used in Swiss German dialect of Valais Valais The Valais is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland in the southwestern part of the country, around the valley of the Rhône from its headwaters to Lake Geneva, separating the Pennine Alps from the Bernese Alps. The canton is one of the drier parts of Switzerland in its central Rhône valley... ) |
| Rienz-Rienza Rienz-Rienza The Rienz is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountaines, south of Toblach: near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley, and, after , it meets the Eisack river in the city of Brixen, at 550 m of altitude.The Rienz flows through the... |
Rienz (German), Rienza (Italian) |
| Rubicon Rubicon The Rubicon is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, about 80 kilometres long, running from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the southern Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena. The Latin word rubico comes from the adjective "rubeus", meaning "red"... |
Rubicone (Italian), Rubicon (Danish, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Romanian), Rubikon (Czech, Finnish, German, Polish, Finnish, Slovene), Rubikon - Рубикон (Bulgarian, Russian), Rubicó (Catalan), Rubicón (Spanish), Rubicão (Portuguese) |
| Rur Rur The Rur , — not to be confused with the Ruhr — is a river which flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right tributary to the river Meuse... |
Roer (Dutch), Roule / Rour (French, Walloon), Rur (German, Romanian) |
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| Saane/Sarine Saane/Sarine Saane or Sarine is one of the largest rivers in Switzerland. It is 128 km long and has a drainage area of 1,892 km². It is a tributary of the river Aar... |
Saane (German), Sarine (French) |
| Saale Saale The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.-Course:The Saale... |
Saale (German), Sala (Latin, Polish), Sála (Czech) |
| Saar Saar River The Saar is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams , that both start near Mont Donon, the highest peak... |
Saar (Danish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian), Saar - Саар (Russian), Saara (Polish), Saravus (Latin), Sarre (French, Portuguese, Spanish) |
| Sajó Sajó The Sajó is a river in Slovakia and Hungary.Its length is 229 km, of which 110 km is in Slovakia. Its source is in the Stolica Mountains range of the Slovak Ore Mountains. It flows through the Slovak town Rožňava and the Hungarian city Miskolc. In Hungary it flows through the county of... |
Sajó (Hungarian), Salza (German), Slaná (Czech, Slovak) |
| Sambre Sambre The Sambre is a river in northern France and Wallonia, southern Belgium, left tributary of the Meuse River. The ancient Romans called the river Sabis.-Course:... |
Sabis (Latin), Saves - Σαβης (Ancient Greek), Sambe (Walloon), Samber (Dutch), Sambra (Polish), Sambre (Catalan, French, German) |
| Saône Saône The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon.... s |
Arar (Latin), Saona (Catalan, Czech, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish), Saône (Estonian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian) |
| Sava | Sava (Bosnian, Croatian, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovene, Turkish), Sáva (Czech), Save (German, variant in English), Savus (Latin), Sawa (Polish), Száva (Hungarian), Sàvos - Σαβος (Ancient Greek) |
| Scheldt Scheldt The Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands... |
Escalda (Spanish), Escaut (French), Escô (Walloon), Schelda (Italian), Schelde (Dutch, German, Hungarian, Swedish), Šelda (Czech), Skalda (Polish) |
| Seine Seine The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels... |
Szajna (Hungarian), Seine (Dutch, French, German, Swedish variant), Séna, Seina (Czech), Seinen (Danish, Swedish), Sikouànas - Σηκουάνας (Greek), Sekwana (Polish), Sen (Turkish), Sena (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene), Sena - Сена (Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian), Senna (Italian), Sequana or Sequanna (Celtic), Sequana or Sequanus (Latin), Sinne (Walloon) |
| Semois Semois The Semois is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and France towards the River Meuse, of which it is a right tributary.... |
Semois (French [Belgium]), Semoy (French [France]), Séisbaach (Luxembourgish) |
| Sense/Singine | Sense (German), Singine (French) |
| Severn River Severn The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales... |
(Afon) Hafren (Welsh), Sabrina (Latin) |
| Siret Siret River The Siret or Sireth is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube... |
Sireth (traditional English), Hierasus (Latin), Hierasòs - Ιερασος (Ancient Greek), Seret (Polish), Siret (Romanian), Szeret (Hungarian), Сирет (Russian) |
| Soča | Aesontius / Sontius (Latin), Aepsòdios - Αιψωντιος (Ancient Greek), Isonzo (German, Italian), Isonzó (Hungarian), Soča (Czech, Slovene) |
| Someş Someş River The river Someş flows through Romania and Hungary.It rises from two headstreams, the Someşul Mare, in the Rodna Mountains in Bistriţa-Năsăud County and the Someşul Mic in the Apuseni Mountains of Cluj County... |
Someş (Romanian), Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Someşul Mare Someşul Mare River The Someșul Mare is a river in north-western Romania, originating in the Bistriţa-Năsăud County in the Rodna Mountains at the junction of two headwaters — the Preluci River/Pârâul Mariei) and the Zmeu River. The Someşul Mare flows west through Rodna, Năsăud and Beclean, until it meets the Someșul... |
Someşul Mare (Romanian), Nagy-Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Someşul Mic Somesul Mic River The Someșul Mic River is a river in north-western Romania . It is formed at the confluence of two rivers, Someșul Cald and Someșul Rece, that come from the Apuseni Mountains... |
Someşul Mic (Romanian), Kis-Szamos (Hungarian) |
| Somme Somme River The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river.... |
Somma (Polish), Somme (French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish) |
| Spey River Spey The River Spey is a river in the northeast of Scotland, the second longest and the fastest-flowing river in Scotland... |
Spè (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Spree Spree The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic... |
Spree (German, Swedish), Spréva (Czech), Spreva (Latin), Sprewa / Szprewa (Polish), Sprjewja (Lower Sorbian), Sprowja / Sprewja / Šprewa (Sorbian) |
| Struma Struma The Struma was a ship chartered to carry Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to British-controlled Palestine during World War II. On February 23, 1942, with its engine inoperable and its refugee passengers aboard, Turkish authorities towed the ship from Istanbul harbor through the Bosphorus... |
Karasu (Turkish), Strimónas - Στρυμώνας (Greek), Strouma (French, variant in English), Struma - Струма (Bulgarian, Serbian), Struma (Czech), Strymon (ancient Greek, Latin, variant in English), Sztruma (Hungarian) |
| Sûre Sure "Sure" was the fifteenth single by the Japanese j-pop group Every Little Thing, released on February 16, 2000. It was used as the drama Virtual Girl's theme song.-Chart positions:-External links:* information at Avex Network.* information at Oricon.... |
Sauer (German, Luxembourgish), Sûre (French), Sura (Latin, Italian) |
| Świna Swina The Świna is a river in Poland flowing from the Oder Lagoon to the Baltic Sea, between the islands of Usedom and Wolin. It is a part of the Oder River estuary, and carries about 75% of that river's waterflow . It has a length of about 16 km... |
Świna (Polish), Swina (Pomeranian), Svina (Czech), Swine (German) |
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| Tagus Tagus The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is long, in Spain, along the border between Portugal and Spain and in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon. It drains an area of . The Tagus is highly utilized for most of its course... |
Taag (Afrikaans, Dutch), Tachas (Lituanian), Tag (Polish), Tage (Old Catalan, French), Tago (Italian), Tagus (Latin), Tajo (Spanish, Finnish), Tejo (Portuguese), Texo (Galician), Taho - Тахо (Russian), Tàghos - Ταγος (Ancient Greek), Thaya (German) |
| Tay River Tay The River Tay is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui , then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochhart, Loch Lubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay , in... |
Tatha (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Thames River Thames The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,... |
An Tamais (Irish), Tafwys (Welsh), Tamesa (variant in Latin), Tàmesi (Catalan), Tamesis (Latin), Tàmesis - Ταμεσης (Greek), Támesis (Spanish), Tamigi (Italian), Tamisa (Portuguese, Romanian), Tamise (French), Tamiza (Polish), Temza (Slovene), Temza - Темза (Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian), Temže (Czech), Temze (Hungarian), Theems (Afrikaans, Dutch), Themse (German), Themsen (Danish, Swedish) |
| Tisza Tisza The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range... |
Cisa (Polish), Theiß (German), Tibisco (Italian), Tisa (Czech, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene), Tisia (Latin), Tisza (Dutch, Hungarian) |
| Thielle Thielle The River La Thielle is a tributary to the Aare River, in the Swiss Seeland."La Thielle" results of the merging of the river Orbe and river Talent, Northeast of the little city of Orbe in the Swiss Canton of Vaud... |
Thielle (French), Zihl (German) |
| Tiber Tiber The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea. It drains a basin estimated at... |
Tevere (Italian, Maltese), Tiveris - Τιβερης (Greek), Tibar (Serbian), Tiber (Afrikaans, Dutch, German, Latin, Spanish, Turkish), Tíber (Catalan), Tibera (Czech, Slovene), Tibern (Swedish), Tibr - Тибр (Russian), Tibr - Тібр (Ukrainian), Tibre (Portuguese), Tibru (Romanian), Tyber (Polish) |
| Ticino Ticino River The river Ticino is a left-bank tributary of the Po River. It has given its name to the Swiss canton through which its upper portion flows.-The course:... |
Tessin (French, German), Ticino (Italian), Ticinus (Latin) |
| Timiş Timis River The Timiş or Tamiš is a 359 km long river originating from Țarcu Mountains , southern Carpathian Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania. It flows through the Banat region and flows into the Danube near Pančevo, in northern Serbia.... |
Tamiš (Serbian), Temes (Hungarian), Temeš (Czech), Tibiscus / Tibisis (Latin), Timiş (Romanian), Thybiscos - Θυμπισκος (Ancient Greek) |
| Torne River Torne River The Torne River , is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. Approximately half of the river's length is a part of the border between these two countries. It rises at Lake Torne near the border with Norway and flows generally southeast for a distance of into the Gulf of Bothnia... |
Duortneseatnu (Northern Sami), Torne älv (Swedish), Tornionjoki (Finnish), Tornionväylä (Meänkieli) |
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| Ural Ural River The Ural or Jayıq/Zhayyq , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511 mi making it the third longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube... |
Ural or Oeral (Dutch), Ural (Czech, Italian), Ural - Урал (Russian), Zhayyq - Жайық (Kazakh) |
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| Váh Váh The Váh is the longest river in entire Slovakia. A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch... |
Cusus (variant in Latin), Vág (Hungarian), Vagus (Latin), Váh (Czech, Slovak), Waag (German), Wag (Polish) |
| Vardar Vardar The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is .... |
Axiós - Αξιος (Greek), Vardar (Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Romanian, Turkish), Vardar or Wardar (German), Wardar (Polish) |
| Venta Venta River Venta River is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. Its source is near Kuršėnai in the Lithuanian Šiauliai County. It flows into the Baltic Sea at Ventspils in Latvia.... |
Venta (Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian), Windau (German), Windawa (Polish) |
| Vistula Vistula The Vistula is the longest and the most important river in Poland, at 1,047 km in length. The watershed area of the Vistula is , of which lies within Poland .... |
Vaysl - װײַסל (Yiddish), Veiksel (Finnish), Visla (Czech, Slovak, Slovene), Visla - Висла (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian), Visla - Вісла (Ukrainian), Vistola (Italian), Vistül (Turkish), Vistula (Latin, Romanian, Swedish variant), Vístula (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), Vistule (French), Visztula (Hungarian), Weichsel (German, Swedish variant), Wisła (Polish, Swedish variant), Wisła or Visla (Estonian) |
| Vltava Vltava The Vltava is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running north from its source in Šumava through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague, merging with the Elbe at Mělník... |
Moldau (Dutch, German, Swedish), Moldva (Hungarian), Moldava (Italian, Spanish), Moldavia or Multavia (Latin), Vltava (Czech, Romanian, Slovene, Finnish), Vltava - Влтава (Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian), Wełtawa (Polish) |
| Volga Volga River The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage... |
İdil or İtil (former Turkish), Rha (Latin), Volga (Catalan, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene, Swedish, Turkish), Volga - Волга (Russian, Serbian), Volgan (Swedish variant) Volha (Czech), Wolga (Afrikaans, Dutch, German), Wołga (Polish), Vòlghas - Βολγας (Greek) |
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| Waal | Vacalis / Vahalis / Valis (Latin), Waal (Dutch, German) |
| Warta Warta River The Warta is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square kilometers... |
Varta (Czech, Latin), Warta (Polish), Warthe (German, Swedish) |
| Weser | Vesdre (French), Vesera (Czech), Visurgis (Latin), Werser (Low Saxon), Weser (German), Wezera (Polish) |
| Wye River Wye The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the UK and for parts of its length forms part of the border between England and Wales. It is important for nature conservation and recreation.-Description:... |
Gwy (Welsh) |
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| Yser Yser The Yser is a river that finds its origin in the north of France, enters Belgium and flows into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.-In France:The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure, in the Nord département of northern France... |
IJzer (Dutch), Yser (French) |
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| Zrmanja Zrmanja Zrmanja is a river in southern Lika and northern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of .It was known to the ancient Romans as Tedanius. The spring of Zrmanja is located in southern part of Lika under Postak - the southern peak of Pljesevica mountain, and close to south end... |
Zrmanja (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian), Zermagna (Italian) |
See also
- Exonym and endonymExonym and endonymIn ethnolinguistics, an endonym or autonym is a local name for a geographical feature, and an exonym or xenonym is a foreign language name for it...
- List of rivers of Europe
- Latin names of European rivers
- List of alternative country names
- List of country names in various languages
- List of European regions with alternative names
- List of European cities with alternative names
- List of Latin place names in Europe
- List of places