These are the main rivers in Europe (ecologically, the extreme west of the Palearctic ecozone - which includes Russia in the east). See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. For clarity, only rivers longer than 100 km (or very significant in another way) are shown in this list. Shorter rivers can be found in the lists by country.
Rivers over 650 km:
| River | Km | Mi | Draining into |
| Volga | 3692 | 2294 | Caspian Sea[1] |
| Danube | 2860 | 1780 | Black Sea |
| Ural | 2428 | 1509 | Caspian Sea |
| Dnieper | 2290 | 1420 | Black Sea |
| Don | 1950 | 1210 | Sea of Azov |
| Pechora | 1809 | 1124 | Barents Sea |
| Northern Dvina–Vychegda | 1774 | 1102 | White Sea |
| Dniester | 1362 | 846 | Black Sea |
| Rhine | 1236 | 768 | North Sea |
| Elbe | 1091 | 678 | North Sea |
| Vistula | 1047 | 651 | Baltic Sea |
| Tagus | 1038 | 645 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Daugava | 1020 | 630 | Baltic Sea |
| Loire | 1013 | 629 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Tisza | 965 | 600 | Black Sea (tributary of Danube) |
| Sava | 947 | 588 | Black Sea (tributary of Danube) |
| Neman | 937 | 582 | Baltic Sea |
| Meuse | 925 | 575 | North Sea |
| Ebro | 910 | 570 | Mediterranean |
| Douro | 897 | 557 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Kuban | 870 | 540 | Sea of Azov |
| Mezen | 857 | 533 | Barents Sea |
| Oder | 854 | 531 | Baltic Sea |
| Neva–Svir–Suna | 852 | 529 | Baltic Sea |
| Rhône | 813 | 505 | Mediterranean |
| Seine | 776 | 482 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Mureş | 761 | 473 | Black Sea (tributary of Danube) |
| Drava | 749 | 465 | Black Sea (tributary of Danube) |
| Guadiana | 742 | 461 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Prut | 742 | 461 | Black Sea (tributary of Danube) |
| Po | 682 | 424 | Adriatic Sea |
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In the list below, the European rivers are grouped by the sea or ocean into which they flow. They are sorted along the coastline of the seas and oceans. Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted in orographic order, i.e., by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea.
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway).
In Russia:
In Norway:
In Norway:
In Northern Ireland:
In Ireland (including Celtic Sea):
The Bristol Channel:
The rivers in this section are sorted north (Brest) to south (Tarifa).
In France:
In Spain:
In Portugal:
In Spain:
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from Helsingborg (south Sweden).
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The rivers in this section are sorted west (Istanbul) to east (Sochi).
The rivers in this section are sorted west to north-east.
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Lizard Point, Cornwall) to east (Ramsgate).
In Britain:
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Calais) to west (Brest).
In France:
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, starting from the (Mull of Kintyre).
In Britain:
In Ireland:
This section includes the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The rivers are sorted from west (Tarifa) to east (Reggio Calabria).
In Spain:
In France:
In Italy:
The rivers in this section are sorted clockwise, from Otranto, southern Italy, to Vlorë in southern Albania.
In Italy:
In Croatia:
In Montenegro:
In Albania:
West coast
The rivers in this section are sorted south-west to north-east from Reggio Calabria to Otranto.
In Italy:
East coast
The rivers in this section are sorted north-west to south-east from Vlorë to Cape Malea.
In Greece:
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Cape Malea) to east (Istanbul).
In Greece:
In Turkey:
The rivers in this section are given clockwise along the North Sea coast, starting from Bergen, Norway.
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