List of rivers discharging into the North Sea

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Main affluents[]

The main affluents of North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat
Name Mean
Discharge
Length Basin States Course
Rhine 2900 m³/s
(R-M-delta)
2300 m³/s   (proper)  
1238.8 km (with Hinterrhein)
1240 km (with Vorderrhein)
197,100 km2 (76,100 sq mi)
(with Meuse)[1]
Switzerland (sources), Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands,
Luxembourg (Moselle), Italy (Reno di Lei)
'''smallest flow': DischmabachLandwasserAlbulaHinterrhein (sum = 72 km) → Rhine
longest course: Rein da MedelVorderrhein (sum = 74 km)→ Rhine
Elbe   870 m³/s 1094 km (nominally)
1245 km (hydrologically)
148,268 km2 (57,247 sq mi)[1] the Czech Republic (sources), Germany, Austria (Lainsitz), Poland (Dzika Orlica and smaller affluents) longer and larger tributary Vltava
Glomma   698 m³/s   601 km   41,917 km2 (16,184 sq mi) Norway, Sweden (affluents) Glomma → lake Aursunden → Glomma → Skagerrak
Göta älv   575 m³/s     93 km (nominally)
  720 km (hydrologically)
  50,229.3 km2 (19,393.6 sq mi) Sweden, Norway (Trysilelva) Rogen → lake FemundTrysilelvaKlarälven → lake Vänern → Göta älv → Kattegat[2]
IJssel     380 m³/s
(75% from Rhine)[3]
  125 km (nominally)
  188 km (with Oude IJssel)
  4,533 km2 (1,750 sq mi) Netherlands, Germany (source Oude IJssel) Oude IJssel → IJssel → KetelmeerIJsselmeerWadden Sea
Meuse   357 m³/s   874 km   33,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi)[1] France (source), Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg (Chiers), Germany (Rur, S(ch)walm, Niers)
sharing mouths of the Rhine
Weser   327 m³/s   451.4 km (nominally)
  751 km (with Werra)
  41,094 km2 (15,866 sq mi)[4] Germany formed by confluence of Werra (longer) and Fulda (larger)
Drammenselva   314 m³/s     48 km (nominally)
  301 km (system)
  17,110 km2 (6,610 sq mi) Norway … → Slidrefjorden → Strondafjorden → Aurdalsfjorden → BegnaSperillen → Ådalselva → Randselva →
Tyrifjorden → Drammenselva → Oslofjord
Humber
(estuary)
  250 m³/s
(without tide flows)
    62 km (nominally)
  359 km (with Trent)
  24,240 km2 (9,360 sq mi)[5] England common estuary of Trent and Ouse (see below)
Tay   170 m³/s   193 km   6,216 km2 (2,400 sq mi)[6] Scotland River Tay → Firth of Tay (estuary, included in the figures)
Otra   150 m³/s   245 km   3,740 km2 (1,440 sq mi) Norway Skagerrak
Sira   130 m³/s   152 km   1,902 km2 (734 sq mi) Norway
Scheldt   127 m³/s   360 km   21,863 km2 (8,441 sq mi)[1] France (source), Belgium, Netherlands (estuary)
River Forth   112 m³/s     47 km (nominally)
    55 km (hydrologically)
  1,029 km2 (397 sq mi)[7][8] Scotland Firth of Forth
Numedalslågen   111 m³/s   352 km   5,554 km2 (2,144 sq mi) Norway Skagerrak
Trent     99 m³/s   297 km   10,452 km2 (4,036 sq mi) England → Humber (see above)
Tweed     85 m³/s   156 km   1,080 km2 (420 sq mi)[9] Scotland (source), England
Lagan     82 m³/s   244 km   6,451.8 km2 (2,491.1 sq mi) Sweden Kattegat[2]
Ems     80.5 m³/s   371 km   13,160 km2 (5,080 sq mi)[1] Germany, Netherlands (estuary)
Thames     65.8 m³/s   346 km   12,935 km2 (4,994 sq mi)[10] England
Spey     64 m³/s   173 km   3,008 km2 (1,161 sq mi)[11] Scotland Moray Firth
Ätran     52.5 m³/s   243 km   3,342.2 km2 (1,290.4 sq mi) Sweden Kattegat[2]
Zwarte Water     50 m³/s   19 km (nominally)
  201 km (with Vecht)
  5,741 km2 (2,217 sq mi) Germany (source), Netherlands Vecht/Vechte → Zwarte Water → → IJsselmeerWadden Sea
River Tyne     44.6 m³/s   321.4 km   2,200 km2 (850 sq mi)[4] England
Yorkshire Ouse     44 m³/s   208 km (with Ure)   3,315 km2 (1,280 sq mi) England Ure → Ouse → Humber (see above)
Nissan     41 m³/s   200 km   2,686 km2 (1,037 sq mi) Sweden Kattegat
Skjern Å     36.6 m³/s     94 km   2,100 km2 (810 sq mi)[12] Denmark Ringkøbing Fjord (lagoon)
Great Ouse     35 m³/s   270 km   8,530 km2 (3,290 sq mi) England The Wash
Gudenå  32.4 m³/s[13]     149 km  2,643 km2 (1,020 sq mi)[12] Denmark Kattegat[2]

Long list[]

Austrian drainage basin[]

  • Elbe (near Cuxhaven, Germany)
  • Rhine/Rhein (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands)
    • Bregenzer Ach (into Lake Constance in Bregenz)
    • Dornbirner Ach (into Lake Constance near Bregenz)
    • Ill (near Feldkirch)

Belgian drainage basin[]

  • Yser (in Nieuwpoort) – France, Belgium

Danish drainage basins[]

English drainage basins[]

Flowing into the North Sea – Thames and Medway[]

From Foreness Point to Shoeburyness

Flowing into the North Sea – North of the Thames Estuary[]

Aerial view of the Thames in London
The mouth of the Gaywood River at King's Lynn.
The Mouth of the River Burn at Overy Creek, Norfolk

From Shoeburyness to St Abb's Head

River Hundred (Benacre, Kessingland

French drainage basin[]

The Aa

The Aa is an 89 km long river in northern France. Its source is near the village Bourthes. It flows through the départements and cities of Pas-de-Calais: Saint-Omer and Nord: Gravelines.

  • Aa (in Gravelines)

German drainage basin[]

The major German rivers

The three main rivers in Germany are the Rhine (German: Rhein) (main tributaries including the Neckar, the Main and the Moselle (Mosel)); the Elbe (also drains into the North Sea); and, the Danube (Donau).

German rivers draining into the North Sea[]

The rivers in this section are sorted south-west (Netherlands) to east (Danish border).

  • Meuse German: 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)
    • Erft (in Neuss)
    • Wupper/Wipper (in Leverkusen)
    • Sieg (in Bonn)
      • Agger (in Siegburg)
      • Nister (in Wissen)
    • Ahr (near Sinzig)
    • Wied (in Neuwied)
      • Mehrbach (near Asbach)
      • Aubach (in Neuwied)
        • Engelsbach (Aubach) (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)
      • 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)
      • Itz (in Baunach)
      • Red Main (near Kulmbach)
    • Neckar (in Mannheim)
      • Jagst (near Bad Friedrichshall)
      • Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall)
      • Enz (in Besigheim)
      • 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)
    • Elz (near Lahr)
    • Wiese (near Basel)
    • Wutach (in Waldshut-Tiengen)
  • IJssel (into the IJsselmeer near Kampen, Netherlands)
    • Berkel (in Zutphen, Netherlands)
    • Oude IJssel/Issel (in Doesburg, Netherlands)
  • 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)
    • Aller (near Verden (Aller))
      • Böhme (near Rethem)
      • Leine (near Schwarmstedt)
        • Innerste (near Sarstedt)
        • Rhume (in Northeim)
          • Oder (Harz) (in Katlenburg-Lindau)
      • Örtze (in Winsen an der Aller)
      • Fuhse (in Celle)
      • Oker (in Müden (Aller))
        • Schunter (near Braunschweig)
    • Werre (in Bad Oeynhausen)
    • Diemel (in Bad Karlshafen)
    • Fulda (in Hannoversch Münden)
      • Eder (in Edermünde)
        • Schwalm (near Fritzlar)
      • Haune (in Bad Hersfeld)
    • Werra (in Hannoversch Münden)
      • Hörsel (near Eisenach)
      • Ulster (in Philippsthal)
The Elbe at Dresden
  • 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)
    • Ohre (near Magdeburg)
    • 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)
      • Freiberger Mulde (near Colditz)
    • Black Elster (near Wittenberg)
    • Weißeritz (in Dresden)
    • Wesenitz (in Pirna)
    • Ohře/Eger (in Litoměřice, Czech Republic)
    • Vltava (in Mělník, Czech Republic)
      • Berounka (near Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Eider (in Tönning)
    • Treene (in Friedrichstadt)

Netherlands drainage basin[]

  • Zwarte Water (into IJsselmeer near Genemuiden) – Netherlands
    • Vecht (Overijssel)/Vechte (near Zwolle)
      • Regge (near Ommen)
      • Dinkel (in Neuenhaus)
  • IJssel (into IJsselmeer near Kampen) – Netherlands
    • Berkel (in Zutphen)
    • Oude IJssel (in Doesburg)
    • branch of the river Rhine (near Pannerden)
The Rhine at the Loreley
Limmat in Zürich
  • Rhine/Rhein (main branch at Hook of Holland) – Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands
    • Linge (in Gorinchem)
    • Lippe (in Wesel)
    • Emscher (near Dinslaken)
    • Ruhr (in Duisburg)
      • Lenne (near Hagen)
    • Düssel (in Düsseldorf)
    • Erft (in Neuss)
    • Wupper (in Leverkusen)
    • Sieg (in Bonn)
    • Ahr (near Sinzig)
    • Wied (in Neuwied)
      • Mehrbach (near Asbach)
      • Aubach (in Neuwied)
        • Engelsbach (Aubach) (in Neuwied)
    • Moselle (in Koblenz)
      • Kyll (near Trier-Ehrang)
      • Ruwer (near Trier-Ruwer)
      • Saar (near Konz)
        • Nied (near Rehlingen-Siersburg)
      • Sauer (in Wasserbillig)
      • Seille (in Metz)
      • Meurthe (in Frouard)
      • Madon (in Neuves-Maisons)
      • Vologne (near Éloyes)
      • Moselotte (in Remiremont)
    • Lahn (in Lahnstein)
    • Nahe (in Bingen)
    • Main (in Mainz)
    • Neckar (in Mannheim)
      • Jagst (near Bad Friedrichshall)
      • Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall)
      • Enz (in Besigheim)
      • Fils (in Plochingen)
    • Lauter (in Lauterbourg)
    • Murg (near Rastatt)
    • Ill (near Strasbourg)
    • Kinzig (near Kehl)
    • Elz (near Lahr)
    • Wiese (in Basel)
    • Aare (in Koblenz)
      • Limmat (in Brugg)
      • Reuss (in Brugg)
      • Emme (near Solothurn)
      • Saane/Sarine (near Bern)
    • Thur (near Schaffhausen)
    • Ill (near Feldkirch)
    • Vorderrhein (near Chur)
    • Hinterrhein (near Chur)
Hotton, view on the Ourthe and the city church.
  • Meuse/Maas (main branch near Hellevoetsluis) – France, Belgium, Netherlands
The Scheldt in Antwerp
  • Scheldt/Schelde/Escaut (near Flushing, Netherlands) – France, Belgium, Netherlands
    • Rupel (in Rupelmonde)
      • Nete (in Rumst)
      • Dijle (in Rumst)
        • Zenne (in Mechelen)
        • Demer (in Rotselaar)
    • Durme (in Temse)
    • Dender (in Dendermonde)
      • Mark (near Lessines)
    • Leie (in Ghent)
    • Scarpe (Mortagne-du-Nord)
    • Haine (in Condé-sur-l'Escaut)

Norwegian drainage basin[]

Scotland drainage basin[]

  • Tyne (near Dunbar)
  • Tay (near Dundee)
  • Dee (in Aberdeen)
  • Don (in Aberdeen)
  • Ythan (in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire)
  • Spey (near Elgin)

Swedish drainage basin[]

  • Göta älv (into Kattegat in Gothenburg)
  • Viskan (into Kattegat near Varberg)
  • Ätran (into Kattegat in Falkenberg)
  • Nissan (into Kattegat in Halmstad)
  • Lagan (into Kattegat near Laholm)

Switzerland drainage basin[]

The Rhine, together with its tributaries the Aare and the Thur drain about two thirds of the water into the North Sea.

See also[]

  • Drainage basin
  • European river zonation
  • Geography of Europe
  • Geography of Germany
  • Geography of the North Sea
  • Geography of Switzerland
  • List of European rivers with alternative names
  • Latin names of European rivers
  • List of rivers of England

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde: Gehört das Kattegatt noch zur Ostsee (Is the Kattegat a part of the Baltic Sea?) → By physical criteria, the border between North Sea and Baltic sea is in the Øresund at and in the Great Belt near Langeland
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  13. ^ A bit lesser than Skjern Å
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