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West European Rivers
YGK These Western European Rivers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| River that begins in the Swiss Alps, passes Lake Constance, and flows to a delta in the Netherlands | Rhine |
| Cities located along the Rhine River | Basel, Strasbourg, Mainz, Bonn, Cologne, and Rotterdam |
| Tributaries of the Rhine | Main, Mosel, and Ruhr |
| Mythical nymph who lured sailors on the Rhine to their deaths | Lorelei |
| Second-longest river in France that flows through Paris | Seine |
| Body of water the Seine empties into | English Channel (near Le Havre) |
| Chief transport waterways of France (rivers) | Seine, Marne, and Oise |
| Principal river of the Iberian Peninsula | Tagus (Tajo or Tejo) |
| Capital city of Portugal located on the Tagus | Lisbon |
| Cities located on the Tagus River | Toledo and Santarém |
| One of Europe's few major rivers to flow directly into the Mediterranean Sea | Rhone |
| Island encircled by the "grand" and "petit" branches of the Rhone near Arles | Camargue |
| European river that passes through four national capitals | Danube (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade) |
| Source of the Danube River | Black Forest (Schwarzwald), Germany |
| Longest river in Italy | Po |
| Manmade levees protecting towns along the Po River | Argini |
| France's longest river, known as the "last wild river in Western Europe" | Loire |
| River known for its vineyards and over 300 châteaux | Loire |
| Longest river in Ireland | Shannon |
| City at which the Shannon widens into its namesake estuary | Limerick |
| River that forms the Germany-Poland border along with the Neisse | Oder |
| Terminus of the "Iron Curtain" mentioned by Churchill in the north (near the Oder's mouth) | Stettin |
| Location of primary test sites for the German V-2 rocket | Usedom Island, Swinemuende, and Peenemuende (at the mouth of the Oder) |
| River that flows near Prague and through eastern Germany to the North Sea | Elbe (Labe) |
| Tributaries of the Elbe | Vltava (Moldau), Saale, and Havel/Spree |
| Principal river of England, flowing through central London | Thames |
| System that prevents the Thames from flooding London | Thames Barrier |
| Longest river in the United Kingdom | Severn (The Thames is the longest entirely in England) |
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