Question

In your atlas, locate the major and minor rivers flowing through Europe. Note the names of important cities/towns that have developed on the banks of these rivers. Then tabulate your observations in your notebook using the headings given here :

1. Name of the river
2. Countries through which it flows
3. Important town/cities situated on its banks.

Answer 1

The Volga, the Danube, the Rhine flow, the Don

1. Name of the river	2. Countries through which it flows	3. Important town/ cities situated on its banks.
The Danube	Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria	Sofia, Timisoara, Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Belgrade, Zagreb, Bratislava
The Elbe	Germany and the Czech Republic	Dresden, Prague & Berlin
The Loire	France	Nantes, Lyon, Geneva,
The Rhine	Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands	Cologne, Koblenz, Strasbourg, Boron, Mainz, Basel, Mannbein, Rhein, Duisburg
The Volga	Russia	Volgograd, Kazan, Saratou, Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan
The Don	Russia	Novomoskoosk, Tula, Rostov on Don
River Po	Italy	Monviso