Prelims ask
Valdai, south, Caspian, longest in Europe, inland.
Europe
Volga
Longest river in Europe.
- Source
- Valdai Hills, Russia.
- Countries
- Russia.
- Direction
- South.
- Mouth
- Caspian Sea.
- Length
- About 3,530 km.
- Major tributaries
- Oka and Kama. The Kama is the large eastern tributary from the Urals side.
- Delta or estuary
- Delta on the Caspian.
- Basin
- Russian heartland. Canals link it to the Baltic and, via the Don, toward the Black Sea. The Caspian itself has no outlet.
- One exam fact
- Longest in Europe, and it does not reach the world ocean.
Mains use
The type example of a major river ending in an interior basin.