Euro Rivers & Straights Quiz

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Straight of Dover

1 Narrowest point in the English Channel between England and France

Strait of Gibraltar

2 narrow passage of water going into the Mediterranean between Spain and North Africa

Bosporus Strait

3 links the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Thames River

A This largest river in England runs through London and empties into the North Sea.

Tagus River

B begins in eastern Spain and flows through Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean

Loire River

C Longest river in France; begins in central France & empties at the Bay of Biscay

Seine River

D a French river that flows through Paris to the English Channel

Rhone River

E flows through Switzerland and France to the Mediterranean Sea.

Po River

F River in northern Italy that flows to the Adriatic Sea

Rhine River

G A river in Western Europe that flows from the Swiss Alps in Switzerland, through Lichtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands into the North Sea.

Elbe River

H River in central Europe, flowing mainly through Czech Republic & Germany to North Sea

Oder River

I flows west from Czech Republic though Poland and Germany into the Baltic Sea

Vistula River

J a river in Poland that flows 678 miles from the Carpathian Mountains to the Baltic Sea

Danube River

K The second-longest river of Europe. It flows from southern Germany east through the capitals of Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary) and Belgrade (Serbia) into the Black Sea.

Don River

L Begins south of Moscow in Russia and empties into the Black Sea; 2nd most important river in Russia

Volga River

M The longest river in Europe and Russia's most important commercial river.


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