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The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
Klepáč – one of six places in Europe where three watersheds meet Rhine–Danube watershed marker near Weitnau, Germany European watershed marker (Lviv Oblast, 2009). The divide continues northwards along the Albula Alps to Julier Pass, Albula Pass and Flüela Pass south of Davos, between the catchment area of the Rhine, which empties into the North Sea via the Netherlands, and the Danube ...
Europe as viewed from the East. The 15 rivers of Europe by average discharge, including only rivers directly flowing into the World Ocean or Endorheic basins: Volga - 8,087 m³/s (largest river in Eastern Europe) Danube - 6,450 m³/s (largest river in Central Europe) Pechora - 4,380m³/s; Northern Dvina - 3,330m³/s; Neva - 2,490 m³/s
A New Map of Europe According to the Newest Observations (1721) by Hermann Moll draws the eastern boundary of Europe along the Don River flowing south-west and the Tobol, Irtysh and Ob rivers flowing north. 1916 political map of Europe showing most of Moll's waterways replaced by von Strahlenberg's Ural Mountains and Freshfield's Caucasus crest ...
Europe river stubs (23 C, 568 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Europe" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
All or almost all rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some rivers have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article provides known alternative names for all major European rivers. It also includes alternative names of some lesser rivers that are important because of their location or history.
Atlin Lake is generally considered to be the source of the Yukon River [5] although it is drained via the short Atlin River into Tagish Lake. Atlin Lake was named by the Tlingit First Nation people of the region. [6] View of Atlin Lake. The name comes from Áa Tlein (in Canadian spelling  Tłèn), the Tlingit name meaning simply "big lake". [7]
This is a list of rivers that drain into the Baltic Sea (clockwise from Öresund): Sweden. Svartån (at Svarte near Ystad) ... Lists of rivers; Rivers of Europe