What are the two major rivers in western Europe?

The two major rivers in western Europe are: the Rhine River and the Danube River.

The Rhine River is the largest river in Western Europe. It originates from the northern foothills of the Alps in Switzerland, flows northwest through Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and finally empties into the North Sea near Rotterdam. With a total length of 1,232 kilometers, the Rhine River is a famous international river in Europe, leaving its footprints in Liechtenstein, Austria, France and the Netherlands along the way. Since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it has become an international shipping waterway with a navigable length of approximately 869 kilometers (540 miles) as far as Rheinfelden on the Swiss-German border. The basin area (including the delta) exceeds 220,000 square kilometers (85,000 square miles). The Danube is the second longest river in Europe. It originates in southern Germany, flows from west to east, flows through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and finally empties into the Black Sea. The Danube River flows through 10 countries, making it the river with the largest number of trunk streams in the world. The tributaries extend to six countries, including Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia, and finally flow into the Black Sea at Sulina in eastern Romania. The total length is 2,850 kilometers and the drainage area is 817,000 square kilometers. The annual average of the estuary is The flow rate is 6430 cubic meters/second, and the average runoff volume for many years is 203 billion cubic meters. The Danube River is the river that flows through the most countries in the world. It is called Donau in German, Dunaj in Czech, Dunav in Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian, Dunzea in Romanian, Dunay in Russian, and Donava in Slovenian. The main stream of the Danube River is about 965.6 kilometers long from the source to the Hungarian Gate near Bratislava (from Ulm to the Hungarian Gate, the length is 708 kilometers, with a drop of 334 meters). The middle reaches from Hungary Gate to Tiemen Gorge are about 954 kilometers long, with a drop of 94 meters; the lower reaches below Tiemen Gorge are about 930 kilometers long, with a drop of 38 meters. The Danube played an extremely important role in settlement and political change in Central and Southeastern Europe. The castles and fortresses that lined its banks formed the boundaries between great empires; while its waterways served as commercial thoroughfares between nations. In the 20th century, it continued to function as a trade artery. Someone has made statistics that its river water changes eight colors in a year; it is brown for 6 days, turbid yellow for 55 days, turbid green for 38 days, bright green for 49 days, and grass green for 47 days. Yes, the 24th day is iron blue, the 109th day is sapphire green, and the 37th day is dark green.

Reference links: Rhine River (European river name)_Baidu Encyclopedia

Danube River_Baidu Encyclopedia