The world around us
What are Europe’s rivers and lakes like?
Hundreds of rivers and their tributaries cross the European
continent. There are also lakes and
glaciers
. The biggest rivers
in Europe, such as the Danube and the Rhine, are used for
transporting people and goods. They are
navigable
rivers.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean
Sea
Adriatic Sea
North
Sea
Caspian
Sea
Baltic
Sea
Bay of
Biscay
Gulf of Bothnia
Norwegian
Sea
ARCTIC OCEAN
Lake
Constance
Sea
of Azov
Iberian
Peninsula
Italian
Peninsula
Balkan
Peninsula
Crimean
Peninsula
Balearic
Islands
Canary
Islands
Scandinavian
Peninsula
Land’s End
North Cape
Cape San Vincent
Peloponnese
Peninsula
Cape Roca
Tajo
Ebro
Rhone
Po
Danube
Dniester
Loire
Seine
Thames
Rhine
Elbe
Oder
Vistula
Dnieper
Don
Ural
Volga
Pechora
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a
Lake
Geneva
Lake
Ladoga
Lake Onega
Tiber
Lake
Balaton
Shannon
The
Pechora
and
Dvina
rivers flow into the
Arctic
Ocean
. In winter they are completely frozen. The
Thames
,
Elbe
and
Rhine
flow into the
North Sea
and the
Oder
and
Vistula
flow into the
Baltic Sea
.
The longest river in Europe is
the
Volga
. It’s 3 690 km long.
It starts in Moscow and flows
into the
Caspian Sea
. The
Ural
also flows into the Caspian
Sea. It’s often frozen in winter.
The rivers that flow into
the
Black Sea
include
the
Danube
, which is
Europe’s second-longest
river. Its
source
is in the
Black Forest in Germany
and it flows for 2 850 km.
The
Ebro
,
Rhone
,
Po
and
Tiber
all flow into
the
Mediterranean Sea
.
Other rivers that
flow into the Black
Sea are the
Dnieper
and the
Don
.
The rivers which flow into
the
Atlantic Ocean
have
a high volume of water
because of
rainfall
. The
Loire
and
Seine
flow into
the Atlantic.
1
Find the information in the text and complete the sentences.
a)
The longest river in Europe is
.
b)
The
and
are frozen in winter.
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