SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
River located NE of the Alps and flows from Germany and is the 2nd largest river in Germany
A
Rhine River
B
Mississippi River
C
Danube River
D
English Channel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Danube River, German Donau, Slovak Dunaj, Hungarian Duna, Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian Dunav, Romanian Dunărea, Ukrainian Dunay, river, the second longest in Europe after the Volga. It rises in the Black Forest mountains of western Germany and flows for some 1, 770 miles (2, 850 km) to its mouth on the Black Sea .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rhine is the longest river. In the southwest it marks the border between Germany and France, further north Bonn, Cologne, and Düsseldorf all lie on its banks. The Elbe, the second longest river, links Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg and flows into the North Sea. Germany enjoys a moderate climate.

Detailed explanation-3: -From a hydrological point of view, the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany is divided into the river basins of the rivers Danube, Rhine, Ems, Weser, Elbe and Oder, the tributaries of the river Meuse and the coastal regions of the North and Baltic Seas.

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