List of rivers of Germany Facts for Kids

Germany is a country in Europe with many important rivers. This article lists rivers that are at least partly in Germany. Rivers that flow into the sea are listed by their location along the coast. Rivers that flow into other rivers are listed based on how close they join the main river to the sea.

Some rivers, like the Meuse, don't flow through Germany themselves. However, they are mentioned here because they have smaller rivers from Germany flowing into them. Only rivers longer than 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) are included.

Germany's rivers flow into three different seas:

The most important rivers in Germany are:

The Oder, which flows into the Baltic Sea.
The Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. Its main smaller rivers (called tributaries) are the Inn, Isar, and Lech.
The Rhine, Weser, and Elbe, which flow into the North Sea. The Rhine's main tributaries are the Moselle, Main, and Neckar. The Elbe's main tributaries are the Havel and Saale.

Rivers Flowing into the Baltic Sea
Rivers Flowing into the Black Sea
Rivers Flowing into the North Sea
See also

Rivers Flowing into the Baltic Sea

These rivers flow into the Baltic Sea. They are listed from the northwest (near the Danish border) to the east (near the Polish border).

Schwentine (in Kiel)
Trave (in Lübeck-Travemünde)
- Stepenitz (near Travemünde)
Warnow (in Warnemünde)
- Nebel (in Bützow)
Recknitz (in Ribnitz-Damgarten)
Peenestrom (in Peenemünde)
- Peene (near Anklam)
  - Tollense (in Demmin)
- A branch of the Oder river (from Oder Lagoon)
The Świna/Swine (in Świnoujście, Poland)
- Uecker (into Oder Lagoon in Ueckermünde)
- Oder (into Oder Lagoon near Szczecin, Poland)
  - Lusatian Neisse (Lausitzer Neiße) (near Eisenhüttenstadt)

Rivers Flowing into the Black Sea

These rivers flow into the Black Sea.

Danube (in Sulina, Romania)
- Inn (in Passau)
  - Rott (in Schärding)
  - Rott (in Rott am Inn)
  - Salzach (in Haiming)
    - Saalach (in Freilassing)
  - Alz (in Marktl)
    - Chiemsee (in Seebruck)

* Tiroler Achen (in Grabenstätt)

- - Isen (in Neuötting)
- Ilz (in Passau)
- Vils (in Vilshofen)
- Isar (near Deggendorf)
  - Amper/Ammer (near Moosburg)
  - Loisach (near Wolfratshausen)
- Große Laber (near Straubing)
- Regen (in Regensburg)
  - Chamb (in Cham)
- Naab (near Regensburg)
  - Vils (in Kallmünz)
- Schwarze Laber (in Sinzing)
- Altmühl (in Kelheim)
- Abens (near Neustadt (Donau))
  - Ilm (near Neustadt (Donau))
- Paar (near Vohburg)
- Friedberger Ach (near Oberhausen)
- Lech (near Donauwörth)
  - Wertach (in Augsburg)
- Schmutter (in Donauwörth)
- Zusam (in Donauwörth)
- Wörnitz (in Donauwörth)
- Brenz (in Lauingen)
- Mindel (near Günzburg)
  - Kammel (near Offingen)
- Günz (in Günzburg)
- Iller (in Ulm)
- Rot (in Erbach an der Donau)
- Riß (near Ehingen)
- Lauchert (near Sigmaringen)

Rivers Flowing into the North Sea

These rivers flow into the North Sea. They are listed from the southwest (near the Netherlands) to the east (near the Danish border).

The Maas (main branch at Stellendam, Netherlands)
- Niers (in Gennep, Netherlands)
- Rur/Roer (in Roermond, Netherlands)
  - Wurm (near Heinsberg)
  - Inde (in Jülich)
Rhine/Rhein (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands)
- Lippe (in Wesel)
  - Alme (in Paderborn)
- Emscher (near Dinslaken)
- Ruhr (in Duisburg)
  - Volme (near Hagen)
  - Lenne (near Hagen)
  - Möhne (in Neheim-Hüsten)
- Erft (in Neuss)
- Wupper/Wipper (in Leverkusen)
- Sieg (in Bonn)
  - Agger (in Siegburg)
  - Nister (in Wissen)
- Ahr (near Sinzig)
- Wied (in Neuwied)
- Moselle (in Koblenz)
  - Elzbach (in Moselkern)
  - Alf (in Alf)
  - Lieser (near Bernkastel-Kues)
  - Salm (near Klüsserath)
  - Kyll (near Trier-Ehrang)
  - Saar (near Konz)
    - Nied (near Rehlingen-Siersburg)
    - Prims (in Dillingen)
    - Blies (in Sarreguemines)

* Schwarzbach (near Zweibrücken)

- - Sauer (in Wasserbillig)
    - Prüm (near Echternach)

* Nims (in Irrel)

- - - Our (in Wallendorf)
- Lahn (in Lahnstein)
  - Aar (in Diez)
  - Weil (in Weilburg)
  - Dill (in Wetzlar)
  - Ohm (in Cölbe)
- Nahe (in Bingen)
  - Alsenz (near Bad Kreuznach)
  - Glan (near Bad Sobernheim)
- Selz (in Ingelheim)
- Main (in Mainz)
  - Nidda (in Frankfurt-Höchst)
    - Wetter (in Niddatal)
  - Kinzig (in Hanau)
  - Tauber (in Wertheim am Main)
  - Franconian Saale (in Gemünden am Main)
  - Regnitz (in Bamberg)
    - Pegnitz (in Fürth)
    - Rednitz (in Fürth)

* Franconian Rezat (in Georgensgmünd) * Swabian Rezat (in Georgensgmünd)

- - Itz (in Baunach)
  - Red Main (near Kulmbach)
- Neckar (in Mannheim)
  - Jagst (near Bad Friedrichshall)
  - Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall)
  - Enz (in Besigheim)
    - Glems (near Markgröningen-Unterriexingen)
  - Murr (in Marbach am Neckar)
  - Rems (in Remseck)
  - Fils (in Plochingen)
- Queich (near Germersheim)
- Pfinz (near Germersheim)
- Lauter (in Lauterbourg)
- Murg (near Rastatt)
- Sauer (in Seltz, France)
- Acher (near Lichtenau)
- Rench (near Lichtenau)
- Kinzig (near Kehl)
  - Schutter (near Kehl)
- Elz (near Lahr)
- Wiese (near Basel)
- Wutach (in Waldshut-Tiengen)
The IJssel (into the IJsselmeer near Kampen, Netherlands)
- Berkel (in Zutphen, Netherlands)
- Oude IJssel/Issel (in Doesburg, Netherlands)
The Zwarte Water (into the IJsselmeer near Genemuiden, Netherlands)
- Vechte (near Zwolle, Netherlands)
  - Dinkel (in Neuenhaus)
Ems (near Delfzijl, Netherlands)
- Hase (in Meppen)
Weser (near Bremerhaven)
- Hunte (in Elsfleth)
- Lesum (in Bremen-Vegesack)
  - Wümme (in Ritterhude)
- Aller (near Verden (Aller))
  - Böhme (near Rethem)
  - Leine (near Schwarmstedt)
    - Innerste (near Sarstedt)
    - Rhume (in Northeim)

* Oder (Harz) (in Katlenburg-Lindau)

- - Örtze (in Winsen)
  - Fuhse (in Celle)
  - Oker (in Müden (Aller))
    - Schunter (near Braunschweig)
- Werre (in Bad Oeynhausen)
- Diemel (in Bad Karlshafen)
- Fulda (in Hann. Münden)
  - Eder (in Edermünde)
    - Schwalm (near Fritzlar)
  - Haune (in Bad Hersfeld)
- Werra (in Hannoversch Münden)
  - Hörsel (near Eisenach)
  - Ulster (in Philippsthal)
Elbe (near Cuxhaven)
- Oste (near Otterndorf)
- Stör (near Glückstadt)
- Alster (in Hamburg)
- Bille (near Hamburg)
- Ilmenau (near Winsen (Luhe))
- Jeetzel (in Hitzacker)
- Löcknitz (near Dömitz)
  - Elde (near Lenzen)
- Aland (in Schnackenburg)
- Stepenitz (in Wittenberge)
- Havel (near Havelberg)
  - Dosse (near Havelberg)
  - Rhin (near Warnau)
  - Plane (near Brandenburg)
  - Nuthe (in Potsdam)
  - Spree (in Berlin-Spandau)
    - Dahme (in Berlin-Köpenick)
- Ohre (near Burg)
- Saale (in Barby)
  - Bode (in Nienburg (Saale))
  - Wipper (Saale) (near Bernburg)
  - White Elster (near Halle (Saale))
    - Parthe (in Leipzig)
    - Pleiße (in Leipzig)
    - Weida (near Gera)
  - Unstrut (near Naumburg)
    - Wipper (Unstrut) (near Heldrungen)
    - Gera (in Straußfurt)
  - Ilm (in Großheringen)
  - Schwarza (in Schwarza)
- Mulde (in Dessau)
  - Zwickauer Mulde (near Colditz)
    - Chemnitz (near Wechselburg)
  - Freiberger Mulde (near Colditz)
    - Zschopau (near Döbeln)
- Black Elster (near Wittenberg)
- Weißeritz (in Dresden)
  - Wild Weißeritz (in Freital)
- Wesenitz (in Pirna)
- Ohře/Eger (in Litoměřice, Czech Republic)
- The Vltava (in Mělník, Czech Republic)
  - The Berounka (near Prague, Czech Republic)
    - Mže/Mies (in Plzeň, Czech Republic)
Eider (in Tönning)
- Treene (in Friedrichstadt)

List of rivers of Germany facts for kids

Contents

Rivers Flowing into the Baltic Sea

Rivers Flowing into the Black Sea

Rivers Flowing into the North Sea

See also