Rhine
Elbe
Inn
Spree
Donau
100
What city, most famous for it's perfume industry, is located on the banks of the Rhine?
Köln
100
Into which body of water does the Elbe flow?
Nordsee
100
What city in Austria is named after the Inn River?
Innsbruck
100
What is the largest city that the Spree flow through?
Berlin
100
Name at least 2 countries that are touched by the Danube
Germany, Austria, Slovakia,Hungary, Croati, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria
200
What city, most famous for being the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven , is located on the banks of the Rhine?
Bonn
200
In which direction does the Elbe flow?
southeast to northwest
200
What 3 countries does the Inn River flow through?
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
200
In which city does the Spree join the Havel river?
It joins the River Havel in Spandau
200
In Austria, which direction does the Danube generally flow?
from west to east
300
What city, most famous for the RAF bombing campaign against the Ruhr industry (oil facilities) in 1943, is located on the banks of the Rhine?
Düsseldorf
300
What city, most famous for its Christmas bread, located on the banks of the Elbe?
Dresden
300
In which direction does the Inn Flow?
It runs north-eastwards
300
Into which river does the Spree flow?
Havel River
300
Name one capital city that the Danube flows through. (Think Austria)
Wien (Vienna)
400
What city, whose name is derived from the verb "to eat", is located on the banks of the Rhine?
Essen
400
What large industrial city lies at the mouth of the Elbe?
Hamburg
400
What Austrian state capital does the Inn flow through?
The Tirol.
400
How ling is the Spree?
approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) in length.
400
Name two important uses of the Danbue.
Transportation, drinking water ONLY after it has been purified!!!!
500
What lake (called Bodensee in German) is located between Germany and Switzerland?
Lake Constance
500
What did Ptolemy (an ancient mathematician, astronomer, geographer who lived in the 160s) call the Elbe?
The Albis (Germanic for river) The language of German had not been formalized as many European languages were very different in the year 1060!)
500
In to what larger river does the Inn flow?
the Danube (Donnau)
500
What is the name and meaning of the people who live along the Spree?
The people living at the Spree river (Anwohner) were in old German language (and are still) called Spreewaner. (spray water)
500
Why has fishing on the Danube become much less important to the inhabitants along the Danube?
It has become polluted over the centuries.
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