The largest river in Europe. The largest rivers of the European part of Russia - Volga, Kama, Oka, Don River of the Russian Federation

Rivers of Russia as a spider wrapped around the country's entire territory, because the total number of them from small to the largest numbers more than 2.5 million. We will not recount all of them in this article. But we will make a list of the biggest, long, largest rivers of Russia, their names. And we will try to describe each of them separately, especially fishing. After all, rivers are of great interest from the point of view of fisherman, and there are a lot of such.

Top 10 of the longest rivers of Russia current under the same name:

Top 10 rivers of Russia on the total area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment pool thousand km2:

List of largest rivers in Russia, and fishing on them:

Lena follows from Lake Baikal, forms an emitter and continues to move in the northern direction to the sea of \u200b\u200bLaptev, where it forms a large delta. The length of the river path is 4400 km, the pool area is 2490 thousand square meters. km, and water consumption is 16350 m cubic meters / s. The length of Lena ranks 11th in the world, and the most long river Russia. The name comes from the language of Evenks ("Elyuna" - a large river) or Yakut ("Ulahan-Yurach" - great water).

Ob flowing on Western Siberia for 3650 km, falling into the Kara Sea, where it forms an extensive, up to 800 km long, the bay, which is called the Obska lip. Forms in Altai from the merger of two rivers: Biya and Katun. It ranks first in the area of \u200b\u200bthe pool, that is, the largest river of Russia (2990 thousand square meters) and the third of the water content (behind Yeniseem and Lena). Water consumption - 2300 m cubic / s. The name of the river comes from the language of the people of Komi, on which "Ob" means "grandmother", "Turatka", "respected elderly relative."

Volga is one of the largest rivers of the Earth and the largest river of Europe. Its length is 3531 km and it crosses the 4 republics and 11 regions of Russia to sign in the Caspian Sea. The pool of the river takes 1855 thousand square meters. km (a third of the European part of Russia) at water consumption in 8060 m cubic / s. On the Volga there are 9 hydroelectric power plants with reservoirs and focused until half of the entire Russian industry and agriculture. Yenisei crosses Russia and Mongolia for 4287 kilometers (of which 3487 km are held in Russia) and flows into the Yenisei Bay of the Kara Sea. There is a division of the river on a large and small Yenisei (Biy-Hem and Kaa-Hem). The river has a pool area of \u200b\u200b2580 thousand square meters. km (second place after Lena) and water consumption 19800 m cubic / s. Sayano-Shushenskaya, Krasnoyarsk and Mainic hydroelectric power plants brave the Water Yenisei in three places. The origin of the names is associated with the distorted Tungusky name "Enesh" (big water) or Kyrgyz "Ether-Sai" (mother river).

Amur flows through the territory of Russia, Mongolia and China and flows into the Okhotsk Sea (Amur Liman). This river Rossi has a length of 2824 km, the pool area is 1855 thousand square meters. km and water consumption, equal to 10900 m cubic meters / s. Amur crosses the four physico-geographical zones: forest, forest-steppe, steppe and semi-desert, and on the banks of the river lives to thirty different peoples and peoples. The origin of the name causes a lot of disputes, but the most common opinion takes it from "AMAR" or Damar (Tunguso-Manchurian group of languages). In China, Amur is called the Black Dragon River, and for Russia it is a symbol of Transbaikalia and the Far East.

Kolyma begins at the confluence of the rivers Kulu and Ayanka Yuryakh (Yakutia) and flows into the Kolyma Bay in 2129 kilometers of its path. The river pool covers an area of \u200b\u200b643 thousand square meters. km, and water consumption is 3800 m cubic meters / s. In the Magadan region, this is the largest water arterry.

Don flows from the Central Russian sublime in the Tula region for 1870 kilometers and flows into the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov. Being one of the largest rivers of the South of Russian Plain, Don has a pool area equal to 422 thousand square meters. km and water consumption 680 m cubic / s. According to scientists, some sites of the river bed of about 23 million years. The ancient Greeks mentioned Don under the name of Tanis, and the modern name belongs to the Iranian peoples of the Northern Black Sea region and denotes the "river". Khatanga is born from the confluence of the river Kotuy and Heta ( Krasnoyarsk region) And flows into the sea of \u200b\u200bLaptev, forming the Khatanga Bay. The length of the river is 1636 km with a pool area of \u200b\u200b364 thousand square meters. km and water consumption 3320 m cubic meters / s. The first mention of Khatange was based on reports of Tungusov and belong to the beginning of the 17th century.

Indigirka is formed from the Torah-Yuras rivers and Taryn-Yurach (Khalkansky mountain Ridge) And for 1726 kilometers flows on the lands of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), falling into the East Siberian Sea. The area of \u200b\u200bits water basin is 360 thousand square meters. km, and water consumption is 1570 m cubic / s. The word "Indigir" has an Evenk origin and means "people from the genus of indie." The river is famous for its attractions - the village of Oymyakon (the North Pole of the Cold) and the city-monument of Cashierc, the population of which is entirely extinct of smallpox in the 19th century.

Northern Dvina flows through the Vologda and Arkhangelsk region from the south in the northern direction and, before the loudspeakers in the form of a wide delta in Dvina's lip (the White Sea), the path is 744 km. Two rivers, south and dryness, give it the beginning, so that the river pool subsequently took an area of \u200b\u200b357 thousand square meters. km, and water consumption amounted to 3490 m cubic meters. / s. This is an important shipping artery that provides the Water Transition of Severodvinsk - Great Ustyug, as well as the historical center of the start of shipbuilding in Russia.

Volga takes its origins on Valdai hill. This is one of the largest rivers of Europe, making along the path of its following to one and a half hundred tributaries, including Kama and OKU, the biggest of them. On the river there are numerous reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants. Vodokanalov system connects the river with the Baltic, White, Black and Azov seas. Akhtuba is the longest out of the sleeves of the Volga. The total floodplain of these two rivers covers 7,600 square meters. km.

Kama is considered to be the fifth river in Europe for the length of the bed - 2030 km, as well as an important river trunk. Being an influx of the Volga, she also absorbs the water of smaller rivers, such as Vyatka, Vishera, White, Chusovaya. Only large tributaries in the kama appeals more than two hundred. The river built Kama, Botkinskaya and Nizhnekamskaya HPP with reservoirs.

Oka is the influx of Volga (district of Nizhny Novgorod). For the river bed, the drops of slope and width are characteristic. Among the major tributaries can be called Ugric, Moscow River, Klyazma and Moksha. Hydrological studies allow us to divide the path of the Oka into three parts: the upper (Aleksin - Shchurovo), the average (Shchurovo - the mouth of Moksha), the lower (mouth moksha - the Volga).

Don - the river is calm and slow due to a small slope throughout the path. From the largest tributaries, Seversky Donets, Manch and Sal can be called. The river is actively used to obtain electricity, shipping and irrigation of adjacent lands. The Dnieper in the European part of Russia ranks third (behind the Volga and Kama) in the magnitude of the basin having an area of \u200b\u200b503 thousand square meters. km. On the way to 2285 km, Dnipro follows from the source to the Black Sea (Dniprovsko-Bugsky Liman). This is a flat river with wide float and numerous sleeves and significant fluctuations in water level (up to 12 m in the area of \u200b\u200bSmolensk). In antiquity, the Dnieper was held a plot of the legendary path "From Varyag to Greeks" (10-12th century).

Ural is one of the largest rivers of the European part of Russia and is located in the south-east of the Black Sea-Caspian slope. Its length is 2530 km from the source to the imposition in the Caspian Sea, and the pool area covers 220 thousand square meters. km. Due to the strong torture of the bed, the Urals is customary to divide into three parts: the upper (source - Orsk), the middle (Orsk - Uralsk) and the Lower (Uralsk - Usti). In the Urals, a network of reservoirs that provide water and enterprises of the region was built.

Yenisei refers to the largest rivers of the Earth for the length of the bed and the area of \u200b\u200bthe water basin. On the territory of Russia, the Yenisei basin unites up to two hundred thousand rivers and up to one and a half thousand lakes. The width of the channel varies from 800 meters from the origins (Angara region) to 2-5 kilometers in the Ust-Port area and Dudinka, and the width of the river valley varies from 40 km (district Lower Tunguso) up to 150 km (Dudinka area). Studies of the river began in the first half of the 18th century, thanks to the hydrograph Dmitry Sheepi, which was part of the Great Northern Expedition.

Lena is the largest river of the North of Russia. According to the Central Yakut lowland, it flows, forming a wide (up to 25 km) valley and feeding from a large number of lakes, swamps, rivers and rivers. The Kharaul Mountains and Kryazh Chekanovsky narrowed the valley to two kilometers, and in a hundred kilometers from the mouth of Lena expands again and forms a Delta of 30 thousand square meters. km. The Great Northern Expedition laid the beginning of a systemic study of the river, and its first scientific and geographical description was made by naturally Johann Gmlin.

Ob has the greatest margin of water in the north of the country. It combines the streams of two generators of its rivers: it's a baby, taking the beginning in Teletsk Lake, and Katun, feeding by the glaciers of the White Mountain (Altai). The deep in the early course of the course, it is divided into a large and small Ob, then merges in one stream (Salekhard district), and in the Delta again splits on the Hamanely and Nadym Ob. Parish in the mouth great River The ships of the second Kamchatka expedition laid the beginning of the development of the Northern Sea Route.

Kolyma proceeds along the northeast of Siberia. After the deep and narrow valley of the Verkhovy, on the granite ridge the river forms the steps of large kolymy thresholds. In the middle of its path, Kolyma decays to numerous (up to a tens) of the bed, and many three rivers come to the Kolya Bay: Stone (Kolyma), Parkovskaya and Chukochery. The river pool is famous for the finds of bones of fossil animals and gold deposits.

The river network is most developed in the northern part of the area, in the excess moisture zone (forest zone). As it moves to the south, the surface and underground runoff is increasingly decreasing, the amount of precipitation decreases, the relative losses for evaporation increase, the groundwater is increasing more deeply, and so on. In accordance with this, the river network becomes more and more often, and in the arid steppes and especially In the semi-desert there are already extensive sleeveless spaces, i.e., areas devoid of permanent rivers.

The hydrographic network is represented in such places with dry channels acting a short time during the period of snowy and intense showers. Large rivers - Volga and Dnipro, - beating through steppe spaces, take only relatively small tributaries and significantly increase their water. In a semi-desert zone, they even lose part of their water to evaporation and filtering (Volga below Volgograd, Urals).

In the steppe and forest-steppe zones, especially in the distribution areas of lesing soils, a widespread development was obtained by an ambulance-beam network, which represents a thick network of temporary watercourses operating only during the period of snowing or intensive rainfall. In some places, the rapidly growing network of ravines causes great damage to agriculture, destroying fertile black soils.

Most water watercourses are among typical plain rivers. They usually have well-developed valleys with wide, often marshy floodplains, replete lakes and stors. Male also speeds of their flow and slopes not exceeding 0.1-0.3 ° / oo. The sharp fractures of the longitudinal profile are rare and are confined to the places of shallow occurrence of indigenous rocks cutting into some rivers. In the river rivers there are a large number of unstable sandy focate.

On large rivers (Volga, Don, Dnipro, etc.), the asymmetry of the slopes of the valleys is clearly expressed: the right bank is usually tall and steep, left gently and lowered. The explanation of this is found in the deviation of the flow of rivers to the right under the influence of the rotation of the Earth (Coriolis strength).

The main river of the Black Sea and Caspian slope is the Volga, the Dnipro and Don go behind it. The number of large rivers is also in the south-east - the Urals.

Volga is one of the biggest rivers: Europe. Among the rivers of Russia, it occupies a sixth place, yielding in the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment only by Siberian giants - Obi, Yenisei, Lena, Amur and Irtie. It takes its beginning on the Valdai hill where for the source take the key fastened with a wooden log cabin near Volgin. The source is 225 m above sea level. Complete Volga in the Caspian Sea. River length - 3690 km, pool area 1380000 km 2.

The Urals on the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment area (220,000 km 2) and the length (2530 km) belongs to the number of the largest rivers of the European part of Russia. His origin takes on the southern Urals near the source r. White (left inflow of Kama) and first flows straight to the south. At the city of Orsk sharply turns to the West, and, passing about 850 km in the latitudinal direction, in the area of \u200b\u200bUralsk, again, almost at right angles turn to the south and retains this direction to the imposition in the Caspian Sea. Accordingly, this three main areas of the Urals are usually divided into three sections: the top - from the source to the city of Orsk, the average - between the cities of Orsk and Ural and Nizhny - from the city of Uralsk to the mouth.

Economic importance and use of the rivers of the southeastern part of the district

From the rivers of the south-eastern part of the district, the Urals, whose water is in upper current Widely used for water supply of cities and enterprises of industrial Urals. Here built a number of reservoirs with water supplying Magnitogorsk, Orsko-Khalilovsky Combine and other cities and industrial enterprises. In the lower course of the Ural is used for shipping.

Don on the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment area, equal to 422000 km 2, ranks fourth among the rivers of the European part of Russia, yielding only the Volga, Dnieper and Kame. The length of the river is 1970 km. The source of Don is located in the northern part of the mid-Russian hill, at an altitude of about 180 m above sea level. For the beginning of his first, the place of exit from Oz was taken. Ivan. In reality, the flow of Ivan Lake in Don usually does not happen. For the origins of Don, it is customary to consider the keys that are somewhat south of Oz. Ivan.

Dnipro is the third, after the Volga and Kama, the magnitude of the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment area of \u200b\u200bthe river of the European part of the country. It originates in the Smolensk region of the moss swamp (near the village of Kltsovo), at an altitude of about 220 m above sea level. Beating through the territory of Belarus and Ukraine, the Dnipro collects water from the extensive pool of 503,000 km 2. The length of the river from the source to the imposition in the Dnieper-Bug Liman Black Sea is 2285 km.

Dnipro belongs to the number of plain rivers. The river valley is well developed and has a broad floodplain, where the river is crushed into numerous sleeves. According to the nature of the valley and the channel, as well as for a number of other signs, the Dnieper is customary to divide into three sites: the upper - from the source to the city of Kiev, the average - from the city of Kiev to the city of Zaporizhia and the Nizhnya - from the city of Zaporizhia to the mouth.

The upper Dnipro covers most of the pool (approximately 65%) located in the forest area and characterized by the most developed river network. In the city of Kiev in the Dnieper, his major tributaries are falling in the Dnieper: Berezina, Coolant, Pripyat and Desna. The main runoff of the river is formed in this part of the pool, more than 80% of the total flow passes in the goal of Kiev. From the source and almost to the city of Orsha, the Dnieper flows along the boundaries of the penulty glaciation. Here, in places, when crossing the moraine varnishes, the valley of the river narrows and the river forms the thresholds that are abundant by boulders.

In 5 km above G. Orsha, Dnipro crosses the gray sandstone ridge and forms well-known Kobelyak thresholds representing a significant obstacle to shipping in low water.

Below the city of Orsha, up to the city of Kiev, the Dnieper flows through the bottom of the wide valley, reaching the width of 10-14 km. Among the extensive, sometimes wetlands, the Dnipro channel forms numerous radiation.

A characteristic feature of the Middle Dnieper is a sharply pronounced asymmetric valley, the right indigenous bank of which is high and steep, and the left is flat and lowered. Here the river is pressed with its right shore to the Volyno-Podolskaya hill and envelopes it. On the left to the Dnieper, an ancient terrace is adjacent, having a view of a wide color of the plain. The main tributaries of the middle Dnieper - Sula, Pslav, Vorskla. At the bottom of this area, from Dnepropetrovsk to Zaporizhia, the Dnipro over 90 km crosses the Azov-Podolsky crystalline array in the most reduced part of it. Here were the famous Dnieper thresholds with a total fall of more than 32 m, for many centuries that were an obstacle to shipping.

During the years of Stalin's five-year plans, the most powerful hydroelectric power station in Europe - DneprogES was created in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Dnieper thresholds; Her height of 37 m completely blocked the thresholds, forming a reservoir in their place, named after V. I. Lenin. So, in those days the problem of improving the shipping conditions of the Dnieper was fundamentally solved.

Below the Dnieper hydroelectric power plant, the Dnieper enters the surface of the Black Sea lowland. The terrain on both shores of the river takes the steppe, equifiable character. The bias of the river becomes insignificant (0.09-0.05 ° / oo); The total fall from Zaporozhye to the mouth is only 14 m. The riverbed is divided into a variety of sleeves, forming flat sandy islands, crumpled reed. These are the so-called Dnieper floats, having up to 20 km wide and limited on the left side of the river. The worship constituting the border of the left dneubs of the Dnieper.

Below G. Kherson Dnipro forms a delta, joining the Dnieper Liman of the set of sleeves. Having a large area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment, the Dnieper does not differ in high water. The average annual water consumption of it in the mouth is equal to 1700 m 3 / s, which corresponds to the module of the flow 3.1 l / s km 2. By water, the Dnipro occupies a sixth place among the rivers of the European part of the former Soviet Union, yielding not only the Volga and Kame, but also Pechora, Northern Dvina and Neva. With a waterboat area, a slightly inferior chamber, the average annual water consumption of the Dnieper is about 2 times less than the expense of the latter.

As in other rivers of the European part, on the Dnieper there is a high spring flood, sampled due to the melting of the snow accumulated in its pool. The spring passes more than 50% of the total annual flow. The peak of the flood in the upper reaches is held in mid-April, and in the lower reaches - in early May. After passing a flood, the level in the river is much falling and during June, July and August there is a low integrity. The lowest level is observed in July.

The amplitude of the level fluctuations is rather significant, especially in the upper course. In the area of \u200b\u200bSmolensk, for example, it reaches 12 m. Below are information about the length, water polishers and water costs of the main Dnieper tributaries (Table 1).

Table 1. Information about the main tributaries of the Dnieper

Using the river. The Dnieper has long played an important role in the economic life of our country. Also in X-XII centuries According to him, the famous path of "Varyag in Greeks" was held.

Shipping begins on the site of the Upper Dnieper near the city of Dorobubju and is carried out throughout the rest of the river. The meaning of the Dnieper as a waterway, after the construction of the Dnipro hydroelectric station, when the Dnieper pool received a direct message with the sea. With the help of connecting water systems, Dnipro is associated with adjacent pools: the Berezinskaya system connects it with a western dvina swimming pool, the Dnieper-Neman Canal - with the Nemman's pool, the Dnieper-Bug Canal - with the Western Bug Pool.

It should be noted that these Black Sea Baltic Water Systems, built at the beginning of the last century, are unsuitable for modern shipping. Rivers included in the system (Nemman and Western Dvina) are not regulated and, differing, inaccessible, is not available for end-to-end shipping. During Patriotic War The structures of the Dnieper-Bug Canal were destroyed, but after the war restored.

The reservoirs of our planet are beautiful, each of them is unique. But there are such rivers that proceed through the entire country or several countries, hit by their size rich in flora and fauna. We present to your attention the top 6 largest rivers of Europe.

1. Volga (Russia)

The Russian Federation - the largest countryAnd it is she who can be proud of the longest river in Europe. We are talking about the Volga, the length of which exceeds 3,500 km. The source of the Volga hid in the Tver region, it flows into the Caspian Sea, separating pressure european part RF.

Numerous forests, fields with agricultural crops, gardens spread off the coast of the Upper Volga. The coast of the Lower Volga is rich in flora and fauna: 1.5 thousand species of insects and 200 species of birds. It is important that 70 species of fish are found in waters, 40 of them belong to the field (bream, sturgeon, pike, ersh and others).

The Volga is strategically important, because the number of fish produced from it provides 20% of the country's fishery. On the banks of the river, hydroelectric power plants, reservoirs rise, in the pool there is approximately half of the country's agricultural production.

2. Danube (10 European countries)

The source of this river can be found in the mountains of Germany. It flows on the lands of Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria, flowing into the Black Sea. The length of the river exceeds 2,800 km, the area of \u200b\u200bthe pool reaches 800 thousand km, sometimes it is called the River of the Ten countries.

The Danube has one unique feature, which is that in a certain place it hides underground, leaving the rocks. Not far from the source, the water is hidden under the ground, and after 12 km you can watch the Aac Source (key).

In the Danube pure water, because the river gets food from the mold of mountain snow, streams, groundwater. But the water is painted in a brown tint due to the fact that it has a huge number of orst particles. Therefore, the water of the Danube can rightly be considered the muddy in Europe.

3. Urals (Kazakhstan, Russia)

The third area of \u200b\u200bthe river in Europe received the name of the Ural, it flows through the regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. Its length exceeds 2.4 thousand km, the pool area reaches 230 thousand km. The majestic river takes its beginning on the Range of Uraltau, her winding water drill goes to the Caspian Sea.

This river is considered to be the border, which conventionally shares Europe and Asia. The opinion is mistaken, but in Orenburg, a monument was established for a long time, which says that on one side of the reservoir - Europe, and the other is Asia.

A large industrial complexes are located near the water alcohol - this is the metallurgical plant, the reservoir, the water from which is taken for irrigation of fields for the cultivation of watermelons. Ural satisfies half the needs of the population of Kazakhstan in fish, so the river has a huge economic importance For the development of this region.

4. Dnipro (Ukraine, Belarus, Russia)

Dnipro (length of 2,200 km) proceeds through the territory of the territory of fraternal countries - Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The longest channel is located in Ukraine (48%), where there are many major cities on the banks of the river, sat down.

The Dnieper is characterized by a calm current, the source is in a small swamp located in the Smolensk region, flows into the Black Sea. Water is rich in fish, there are 60 species, but because of the bad environmental situation Some types of fish gradually disappear.

Dnipro plays a huge role for the economy and waterways of Ukraine. Industrial enterprises, hydroelectric power plants, dams are located on the shore, water is used for field irrigation, passenger vessels run through the Dnieper.

Due to the active use of Dnipro's resources over the past 20 years, there are serious ecological problems. Some types of fish disappeared from the water, pollution was recorded wastewater, It is wiping.

5. Don (Russia)

This famous river stretched 1800 km around Russia, and its source is located in the city of Novomoskovsk (Tula region). Proceeds through the European part of the country, falling into the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov.

The river is important, because 65 species of fish, amphibious, reptiles are held in its waters. The pool is based near the forest-steppe and steppe zones, but actively sprinkling the steppe lands led to the fact that many representatives of the flora and fauna are no longer possible in these territories.

Near the shores there are hydroelectric power plants, dams, in those areas where the depth allows, river ships walk, although navigation is characterized by complexity.

6. Pechora (Russia)

Located in the Komi Republic, it ranks 6th in the list of the biggest rivers of Europe. The length is 1800 km, the source is located in the Northern Urals. Fisheries are well developed here, in the pool Pechors are focused on valuable fields of oil, gas and minerals.

Each of the above rivers is important for those regions in the territory of which it flows. The biggest rivers of Europe give a huge amount of water and electricity to large cities, they produce fish, and water is used to develop agriculture.

Half of European cities were built on rivers, which is not surprising, because the rivers have always had important transport and economic importance for the development of cities. In the end, people just love to relax on the banks of rivers, enjoying landscapes and clean water, and many - and fishing fish in it. The dimensions of the rivers that cost cities can vary greatly, and this does not mean that the largest cities should stand on the biggest rivers. About what is the longest river in Europe, and will be discussed below.

1. Volga (3531 km)

It is the great Russian river and is the longest water artery of Europe. It must be admitted that the length of the European record holder is far behind the longest rivers of the world, such as Amazon, Neil, Yangtze, but in fairly compact Europe and this is a good result. A Volga begins, like many other Eastern European rivers (Dnieper, Western Dvina, etc.) on the Valdai Hills, then flows on the Midnourish sublime to the southeast, the previations of the Urals turn south and flows into the inner Caspian Sea. The source of the Volga is located at an altitude of 228 meters above sea level, but her delta takes 28 meters below this level. Typically, the flow of the Volga is divided into three sections: the upper, middle and lower Volga. In her pool, which occupies 8% of Russia, there are over 150 thousand large and small rivers.

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2. Danube (2860 km)

This is the longest river Western Europe. She begins in Germany, and then flows through the territories of 10 countries, until it flows into the Black Sea. Throughout such a long path, landscapes of the Danube are very modified: high mountains, glaciers, mountain plateaus, karst platea, sworn and fields. Danube Water has a yellowish-brown tint due to the abundance of suspended particles of suspended particles, therefore, the "blue" danube joan-muddy European river acumen. For Western Europe, Danube is not only the longest, but also the largest river.

3. Urals (2428 km)

The origins of the Ural River are located in Bashkiria, on the top of the mountain Round hill. Almost all his path of the Ural flows through the territory of Russia, capturing a small piece of Kazakhstan, after which, as well as the Volga flows into the Caspian. On the upper part of the Urals, the conditioned border of the division of the Eurasian continent for 2 continents - Europe and Asia passes. On the Ural River, Orenburg and Magnitogorsk are built. From the point of view of shipping, the Ural does not have too much - river ships here walks little. But the fish is actively catching here, because in the Urals there is a lot of - Som, Severuga, Sudak, ceremony. The pool of the Urals covers an area of \u200b\u200b231,000 square meters. km.

4. Dnipro (2201 km)

The Dnipro River, which flows through the territories of Russia, Belarus and then Ukraine, and for the last it is the longest river. The Dnieper begins at all not far from the Volga - on the Valdai Hills, but at the end of the way flows into the Black Sea. On the banks of the Dnieper there are such major cities as Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk. At the Dnieper, like a typical plain river, a calm slow flow, and about the Dnieper thresholds, which became the bottom of the reservoir, were already forgotten. In the Dnieper, over 70 varieties of fish live, including the ceremony, carp, taran and herring. Also in the Dnieper water, many types of algae grow: the most common green, but there are golden, diatoms, cryptophyte.

5. Don (1870 km)

The origins of Don are located on the Central Russian hill, and he flows into the Azov Sea. There is an erroneous opinion that the source of Don is in the Shatsk reservoir, but in fact it is the beginning of the Urvan's strength, which flows in Novomoskovsk the Tula region (tap water is poured at the site of the formal source). Don is a shipping river, and its pool covers 422,000 square meters. km. River vessels rises from the mouth of the don to the city of Liski. Many cities are built on this old Russian river, including those major as Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Azov. Unfortunately, Don was strongly polluted, which led to a reduction in its fish stocks. But even now almost 70 species of fish live in it. Most often, roach, bream, red-fry, pike and perch are caught here.

6. Pechora (1809 km)

This northern river flows through the territory of Komi and Nenets autonomous DistrictAnd then flows into the Barents Sea. The origins of Pechora are located in the Northern Urals. On her shores standing Naryan-Mar. Pechora shipping, but only to Trinity-Pechorsk. Here they are actively catching Sigu, salting and ripper. Swimming pool Pechors occupying 322,000 square meters. km, rich in mineral deposits: stone coal, gas and oil.

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7. Kama (1805 km)

It is the longest of the rivers of Europe, which is the influx and the largest river of the Western Urals. The origins of the Kama are located on the Verkhnekam's elevation, near the village of the carpuste. In the Kuibyshev reservoir, Kama flows into the Volga - the longest European river. The pool area of \u200b\u200bKama is 507,000 square meters. km, where there are almost 75 thousand rivers and rivers. True, the overwhelming majority of them are only about a tens of kilometers. Interestingly, Kama is much older than Volga, before the last glaciation, she herself fell into the Caspian Sea, while Volga merged with Don. After passing the glacier, who has greatly changed the terrain, much has changed - Kama has become the largest tributary of the Volga.

8. Oka (1498 km)

The biggest right influx of the Volga is the Oka River, which has a pool of 245,000 square meters. km. She begins as an ordinary spring near the village of Alexandrovka in the Oryol region. Many old Russian cities were built on the OK: Ryazan, Kaluga, Murom, Nizhny Novgorod, so she, like the Volga, is closely related to the history of Russia. There was also built and Dyzhigansk - one of the oldest cities of Russia, which is now almost completely washed away by the rapid waters of the river. Due to the gradual cutting of the window, shipping on it is unstable, which has been suspended more than once (2007, 2014, 2015). For the same reason, the number of fish in the Oka is gradually reduced.

9. Dniester (1352 km)

The Dniester River begins in the Lviv region, in the village of Wolf, and at the end of the way to the south he flows into the Black Sea, crossing the territory of Ukraine and Moldova during this time. In many places, the border between these countries passes along the channel Dniester. Tiraspol, Rybnitsa, Bender were built on the day. The area of \u200b\u200bthe Dniester basin is approximately 72,100 square meters. km. With the collapse of the USSR, shipping on this river decreased, and recently almost completely disappeared, so currently you can occasionally meet only sightseeing boats and small vessels.

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10. Vyatka (1314 km)

The Vyatka River begins, as well as Kama in the Verkhnekam's elevation, which is in Udmurtia. But at the end of his way she still flows into this biggest influx of the Volga. Basin Square Vyatka is 129,000 square meters. km. This winding river has a typical plain character. A person uses it not only for shipping, but also for wood alloy. River routes end in Kirov, having a length from the mouth of about 700 kilometers. There are a lot of fish in Vyatka, the locals catch perch, pike, pike perch, roach and other types. On her shores were built such cities like Kirov, Orlov, Sosnovka.

The biggest river in Europe Located in Russia - this is the river Volga(3531 km) and it is not surprising, because the territory of the European part of Russia is 40% of the territory of all of Europe.

Many sources argue that the longest river of Western Europe is Danube(2860 km), however, it is worth noting that the Danube occurs in the territories of such Eastern European countries as Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.

Danube divide on 3 parts:

• Upper (992 km) - from the source to the village of Gönyü;
• Middle (860 km) - from chasing to the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin;
• The lower (931 km) is from the city of Drobeta-Turnu-Severin to inventions to the Black Sea.

At the same time, even part of the Upper Danube is already flowing through the territory of Slovakia, and therefore in Western Europe, the length of the Danube is less than 992 km.

Therefore, if we consider the West and East of the continent separately, then the largest river of Western Europe - this is Rhine A length of 1233 km, which proceeds through the territories of such Western European countries as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Liechtenstein.

Well, the Danube can be considered as the longest river of the European Union.

List of 20 of the most extended rivers of Europe:

• Volga - 3531 km;
• Danube - 2860 km;
• Ural - 2428 km;
• Dnipro - 2201 km;
• Don - 1870 km;
• Pechora - 1809 km;
• Kama - 1805 km;
• Oka - 1498 km;
• White - 1430 km;
• Dniester - 1352 km;
• Vyatka - 1314 km;
• Rhine - 1233 km;
• Elba - 1165 km;
• Desna - 1153 km;
• Seversky Donets - 1053 km;
• Vistula - 1047 km;
• Western Dvina - 1020 km;
• Loire - 1012 km - is the longest river of France;
• Tahoe (Tejo) - 1038 km - the longest river of the Pyrenean Peninsula;
• Mezzan - 966 km.

16 of the most extended European rivers flowing through Russia

• Volga - 3531 km;
• Ural - 2428 km;
• Dnipro - 2201 km;
• Don - 1870 km;
• Pechora - 1809 km;
• Kama - 1805 km;
• Oka - 1498 km;
• White - 1430 km;
• Vyatka - 1314 km;
• Desna - 1153 km;
• Seversky Donets - 1053 km;
• Western Dvina - 1020 km;
• Mezzan - 966 km;
• Neman - 937 km;
• Kuban - 870 km.
• Northern Dvina - 744 km.

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Volga

Volga - River in the European part of Russia, flows into the Caspian Sea. The part of the territory of Russia adjacent to the Volga is called Volga. The length of the river is 3530 km, before the construction of reservoirs - 3690 km, the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment pool - 1360 thousand km².

Danube

Danube - the second in length (2860 km) of the river in Europe, the longest river European Union. The source is located in the mountains of Germany. Proceeds in the territory or border of ten states: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova; It passes through such capitals of Central and Southeast Europe as Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade. Flips into the Black Sea, forming a delta on the border of Romania and Ukraine.

Ural

Ural - River in Eastern Europe, proceeds through the territory of Russia and Kazakhstan, flows into the Caspian Sea. It is the third in the extension of the European River, length - 2428 km, pool area - 231,000 km².

Dnieper

Dnipro is a typical plain river with a slow and calm current, fourth on the length of the river after the Volga, Danube, Urals, and the third area of \u200b\u200bthe European River basin, has the longest channel within the borders of Ukraine. The length of the Dnieper in a natural state was 2285 km, after the construction of the cascade of reservoirs, when the fairway was rectified in many places - 2201 km; Within Ukraine - 1121 km, within Belarus - 595 km (115 km are located on the border territory of Belarus and Ukraine), within Russia - 485 km. Pool area - 504,000 km², of which within Ukraine - 291,400 km².

Don

Don - River in the European part of Russia, a length of 1870 km and the area of \u200b\u200bthe catchment pool - 422 thousand km². The source of Don is located in the northern part of the Central Russian hill, mouth is the Taganrog Bay of the Azov Sea.