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Major European rivers, catchment areas and the % of the country area drained (Numbers refer to the catchment map).
Country |
River |
Catchment |
|||
Area |
Per cent of |
||||
Albania (AL) |
64 |
Drin |
~7.0 |
~23 |
|
87 |
Seman |
5.6 |
20 |
|
|
82 |
Vijosë |
~4.5 |
~16 |
|
|
Austria (AT) |
2 |
Danube |
80.6 |
96 |
|
# |
Inn |
15.9 |
19 |
# |
|
11 |
Rhine |
2.4 |
3 |
|
|
Belarus (BY) |
3 |
Dnepr |
~130.0 |
~63 |
|
15 |
Neman |
45.5 |
22 |
|
|
18 |
Zapadnaya Dvina |
~30.0 |
~14 |
|
|
Belgium (BE) |
39 |
Meuse |
13.5 |
44 |
|
52 |
Schelde |
~10.0 |
~33 |
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BA) |
# |
Sava |
~37.5 |
~74 |
# |
70 |
Neretva |
~10.0 |
~20 |
|
|
Bulgaria (BG) |
2 |
Danube |
48.2 |
43 |
|
47 |
Maritza |
21.1 |
19 |
|
|
55 |
Struma |
10.8 |
10 |
|
|
Croatia (HR) |
2 |
Danube |
~37.0 |
~65 |
|
# |
Sava |
~24.5 |
~44 |
# |
|
# |
Drava |
~8.0 |
~14 |
# |
|
Czech Republic (CZ) |
12 |
Elbe |
51.4 |
64 |
|
# |
Morava |
~25.0 |
~30 |
# |
|
13 |
Oder |
4.7 |
6 |
|
|
Denmark (DK) |
99 |
Gudenå |
2.6 |
6 |
|
101 |
Skjern Å |
2.3 |
5 |
|
|
103 |
Storå |
1.1 |
3 |
|
|
Estonia (EE) |
35 |
Narva |
~20.0 |
~45 |
|
81 |
Pärnu |
6.9 |
15 |
|
|
102 |
Jägala |
~1.5 |
~3 |
|
|
Finland (FI) |
× |
Vuoksa |
61.1 |
18 |
× |
31 |
Kemijoki |
51.1 |
15 |
|
|
38 |
Kymijoki |
37.2 |
12 |
|
|
42 |
Kokemäenjoki |
27.0 |
9 |
|
|
former |
48 |
Vardar |
~20.5 |
~81 |
|
64 |
Drin |
~3.5 |
~13 |
|
|
France (FR) |
14 |
Loire |
117.5 |
21 |
|
17 |
Rhone |
85.6 |
16 |
|
|
19 |
Garonne |
85.0 |
16 |
|
|
22 |
Seine |
79.0 |
14 |
|
|
Georgia (GE) |
10 |
Kura |
~42.5 |
~61 |
|
66 |
Rioni |
13.4 |
19 |
|
|
ý |
Alazani |
7.5 |
11 |
ý |
|
Germany (DE) |
11 |
Rhine |
102.1 |
29 |
|
12 |
Elbe |
97.0 |
27 |
|
|
2 |
Danube |
59.6 |
17 |
|
|
33 |
Weser |
45.8 |
13 |
|
|
Greece (GR) |
73 |
Aliákmon |
~9.5 |
~7 |
|
80 |
Piniós |
7.1 |
5 |
|
|
55 |
Strimon |
6.0 |
5 |
|
|
Hungary (HU) |
2 |
Danube |
93.0 |
100 |
|
# |
Tisza |
44.6 |
48 |
# |
|
# |
Drava |
6.2 |
7 |
# |
|
Iceland (IS) |
77 |
Jökulsá-á-Fjöllum |
7.8 |
8 |
|
78 |
Thjórsá |
7.5 |
7 |
|
|
84 |
Ölfusa |
6.1 |
6 |
|
|
Ireland (IE) |
65 |
Shannon |
~14.0 |
~20 |
|
88 |
Barrow |
~5.5 |
~8 |
|
|
96 |
Suir |
3.6 |
5 |
|
|
Italy (IT) |
26 |
Po |
69.0 |
23 |
|
56 |
Tevere |
17.2 |
6 |
|
|
68 |
Adige |
12.2 |
4 |
|
|
Latvia (LV) |
18 |
Daugava |
23.6 |
37 |
|
75 |
Lielupe |
8.8 |
14 |
|
|
74 |
Gauja |
7.9 |
12 |
|
|
Lithuania (LT) |
15 |
Neman |
46.6 |
71 |
|
¶ |
Vilnya |
13.8 |
71 |
¶ |
|
69 |
Venta |
5.2 |
8 |
|
|
Luxembourg (LU) |
Ý |
Süre |
~2.0 |
~77 |
Ý |
Ý |
Mosel |
~0.5 |
~19 |
Ý |
|
Moldova (MD) |
25 |
Dnestr |
~18.0 |
~53 |
|
# |
Prut |
~12.0 |
~36 |
# |
|
94 |
Kogel'nik |
3.9 |
11 |
|
|
The Netherlands (NL) |
11 |
Rhine |
~25.0 |
~60 |
|
39 |
Meuse |
6.0 |
14 |
|
|
Norway (NO) |
36 |
Glomma |
41.4 |
13 |
|
56 |
Drammens-elva |
17.1 |
5 |
|
|
59 |
Tana |
10.9 |
3 |
|
|
9 |
Wisla |
191.8 |
61 |
|
|
13 |
Oder |
114.2 |
37 |
|
|
100 |
Rega |
2.6 |
1 |
|
|
Portugal (PT) |
16 |
Douro |
~20.0 |
~22 |
|
21 |
Tajo |
~18.0 |
~20 |
|
|
24 |
Guadiana |
~14.0 |
~15 |
|
|
2 |
Danube |
232.2 |
98 |
|
|
# |
Muresul |
27.8 |
12 |
# |
|
# |
Oltul |
24.0 |
10 |
# |
|
Russian Federation (RU) (European part) |
1 |
Volga |
1360.0 |
35 |
|
4 |
Don |
~380.0 |
~10 |
|
|
5 |
Severnaya Dvina |
357.0 |
9 |
|
|
6 |
Pechora |
322.0 |
8 |
|
|
7 |
Neva |
~220.0 |
~6 |
|
|
8 |
Ural |
~110.0 |
~3 |
|
|
3 |
Dnepr |
~105.0 |
~3 |
|
|
Serbia-Montenegro (CS) |
2 |
Danube |
~95.0 |
~93 |
|
# |
~20.0 |
~19 |
# |
||
64 |
Drin |
~4.5 |
~4 |
|
|
Slovak Republic (SK) |
2 |
Danube |
~46.5 |
~97 |
|
# |
Váh |
~17.5 |
~37 |
# |
|
# |
Tisza |
~16.0 |
~33 |
# |
|
Slovenia (SI) |
# |
Sava |
10.8 |
53 |
# |
# |
~5.0 |
~24 |
# |
||
Spain (ES) |
20 |
Ebro |
84.2 |
17 |
|
16 |
Douro |
~78.0 |
~15 |
|
|
21 |
Tajo |
~62.0 |
~12 |
|
|
24 |
Guadiana |
~58.0 |
~11 |
|
|
Sweden (SE) |
32 |
Göta älv |
~41.0 |
~9 |
|
37 |
Torne älv |
34.1 |
8 |
|
|
40 |
Ångermanälven |
30.6 |
7 |
|
|
41 |
Dalälven |
29.0 |
6 |
|
|
Switzerland (CH) |
11 |
Rhine |
28.0 |
68 |
|
Aare |
17.8 |
43 |
|
||
17 |
Rhone |
10.4 |
25 |
|
|
Ukraine (UA) |
3 |
Dnepr |
293.0 |
48 |
|
27 |
Yuzhnyy Bug |
63.7 |
11 |
|
|
25 |
Dnestr |
52.7 |
9 |
|
|
62 |
Thames |
15.0 |
6 |
|
|
71 |
Severn |
11.6 |
5 |
|
|
72 |
Trent |
10.5 |
4 |
|
Notes: River numbers refer to Map 1. Symbols refer to tributaries to: #, Danube; Ý, Rhine; ×, Neva; ý, Kura; ¶, Neman. Same rivers with different names: Strimon/Struma; Daugava/Zapadnaya Dvina.
Source: EEA 1995
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