Longest River Of Europe. And though its just the 18th longest river in the world it is by far the longest in continental Europe. In 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon has a length of 6992 km and was longer than the Nile whose length was calculated as 6853 km. It drains about 20 of Frances land area and meets Atlantic ocean at Bay of Biscay near Saint Nazaire. The Volga River is the longest river system in Europe.
The Volga starts and ends in Russia. They achieved this. Four capital cities Vienna Bratislava Budapest and Belgrade are found on its banks. Its river basin covers an area of 1360000 square kilometers and ranks 18th by size in the world. Among these rivers the Volga River is considered as the longest European River flowing for a distance of 2294 miles. All rivers in Europe including Russian rivers west of the Ural mountains.
The Nile Rivers final course is through Egypt before it forms a delta and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.
It is 2850 kilometres long. An interactive version of this map available on Google Maps The Volga. And the largest river in Europe is the Volga with 3690 km which makes it the longest river on the European continent. A b The Nile is usually said to be the longest river in the world with a length of about 6650 km and the Amazon the second longest with a length of at least 6400 km. The river Volga at 2193 miles 3530 km long tops our list of the longest rivers in Europe. The source of the Kama River originates near the village Karpushata which is in the hill Verhnekaemskoy.