Euro Rivers & Straights Quiz
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.