Map 5.11 - Larger European river catchments exceeding 50 000 km2
River | Country (The country code refers to Table 5.9) | Catchment area (103 km2) | Mean discharge (km3/yr) | Length (km) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Volga | RU | 1360 | 230 | 3530 |
2 | Danube | DE, AT, SK, HU, HR, SB, RO, BG, UA, CH*, PL*, IT*, CZ*, SI*, BA*, AL*, MD* | 817 | 205 | 2850 |
3 | Dnepr | RU, BY, UA | 558 | 53 | 2270 |
4 | Don | RU, UA* | 422 | 38 | 1870 |
5 | Severnaya Dvina | RU | 358 | 148 | 740 |
6 | Pechora | RU | 322 | 129 | 1810 |
7 | Neva | RU, FI*, BY* | 281 | 79 | 75 |
8 | Ural | RU, Kazakhstan | 270 | - | 2540 |
9 | Wisla | PL, SK*, UA*, BY* | 194 | 31 | 1050 |
10 | Kura | GE, TK, AZ, AR*, Iran* | 188 | 18 | 1360 |
11 | Rhine | CH, AT, DE, FR, NL IT*, LU*, BE* | 185 | 69 | 2200 |
12 | Elbe | CZ, DE, AT*, PL* | 148 | 24 | 1140 |
13 | Oder | CZ, PL, DE | 119 | 16 | 850 |
14 | Loire | FR | 118 | 32 | 1010 |
15 | Neman | BY, LT, RU, PL* | 98 | 22 | 960 |
16 | Douro | ES, PT | 98 | 20 | 790 |
17 | Rhône | CH, FR | 96 | 54 | 810 |
18 | Zapadnaya Dvina | RU, BY, LV, LT* | 88 | 21 | 1020 |
19 | Garonne | FR | 85 | 21 | 575 |
20 | Ebro | ES | 84 | 17 | 910 |
21 | Tajo | ES, PT | 80 | 6 | 1010 |
22 | Seine | FR | 79 | 16 | 780 |
23 | Mezen | RU | 78 | 26 | 970 |
24 | Guadiana | ES, PT | 72 | - | 800 |
25 | Dnestr | UA, MD | 72 | 10 | 1350 |
26 | Po | IT, CH* | 69 | 46 | 670 |
27 | Yuzhnyy Bug | UA | 65 | 3 | 860 |
28 | Kuban | RU | 58 | 13 | 870 |
29 | Onega | RU | 57 | 18 | 420 |
30 | Guadalquivir | ES | 57 | 2 | 675 |
31 | Kemijoki | FI | 51 | 17 | 510 |
Note: * The country includes part of the catchment area but the main river does not run through it. Source: Compiled by NERI from multiple sources listed in Box 5E or referred to in the main text