European Cities at River Mouths Quiz

Answer: St.Nazaire

The Loire rises in Ardèche dept., Southern France.It flows through Orléans, Tours and Nantes before it empties in the Bay of Biscay.

Answer: Le Havre

The Seine rises in Côte d'Or dept., France. Paris is the most important city along its shores. It empties in the English Channel near Le Havre.

Answer: Southend

The River Thames rises in the Cotwolds Hills. Oxford, where it is known as the Isis, and London are two of the cities on its banks.

Answer: Cuxhaven

The Elbe rises in the Riesengebirge, Chech Republic, where it is known as the Labe. It then flows through the Erzgebirge, Germany. Hamburg is the most important city along the Elbe, which empties in the North Sea.

Answer: Astrakhan

The Volga is the longest river in Europe. It rises in the Valdai Hills, Russia. Chief cities on its banks are Nizhnij Novgorod (formerly Gorki), Kazan, Kuibyshev, Saratov and Volgograd. Through the Volga-Baltic Waterway it connects to the Baltic Sea. It empties in the Caspian Sea near Astrakhan.

Answer: Azov

The Don rises near Tula, Russia. Rostov (Rostov-na-Donu) and Voronezh is the most important city along the Don, which empties in the Sea of Azov. The Volga-Don canal connects it to the Volga. Azov is a small town situated near the site of Tanais, an ancient Greek colony. The larger city of Rostov is situated about 28 miles from the mouth of the Don river.

Answer: Ostia

The Tiber rises in the Tuscan Apennines and flows through Umbria and Latium. Rome is the most important city along the Tiber, which empties in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Answer: Pisa

The Arno rises in Monte Falterona, Italy. It flows through the Apennines through Florence (Firenze)and empties in the Ligurian Sea.It connects to the Tiber by its canalized tributary, the Chianti.

Answer: Lisbon

The Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian peninsula. It rises in Spain, east of Madrid, where it is known as the Tejo. It flows through Portugal, where it is known as the Tajo. Lisbon is the most important city along the Tagus.

Answer: Porto

The Douro rises in Soria prov., Spain, where it is known as the Duero. It flows through Portugal, where it is called the Douro, and empties in Porto, which is also the most important city along its shores.

Answer: Belgorod-Dnestrovski

The Dniester (Russian: Dnestr, Romanian: Nistru) rises in south west Ukraine. It was long the east boundary of Bessarabia. After 1940 its entire course was within USSR (today Ukraine). Some of its course was formerly in Poland. Cities along its way are Mogilov Podolski (Ukraine)and Bendery (Moldova). The Dniester empties in the Black Sea, about 40 km from Odessa.

Answer: Kherson

The Dnieper rises in Valdai Hills, Russia, near the source of the Volga. After Volga it is the longest European river within the former USSR. In 1667 it became the border between Russia and Poland. Chief cities along its shores are Smolensk (Russia), Mogilov (Belarus), Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) The Dnieper empties in the Black Sea.

Answer: Fredrikstad

The Glåma (Glomma)rises in Dovrefjell, Norway. It is the longest river in Norway. It empties in the Oslo Fjord.

Answer: Karlstad

Klara (Klara älv, Klarälven) rises in Lake Femund, south east central Norway where it is known as Trysil (Trysilelva). It flows across the Swedish border into Lake Vänern.

Answer: Sanlucár de Barrameda

The Guadalquivir rises in Andalucia and flows through Córdoba and
Seville (Sevilla). It empties in the Gulf of Cádiz near the city of Cádiz. The city of Sanluicár de Barrameda was the starting place of Columbus' third voyage in 1498 and of Magellan's voyage of circumnavigation in 1519.