Some of its major tributaries include the Oka and the Kama rivers and it flows some 2,300 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea.
Ptolemy of Alexandria mentions this river in his Geographia, using the Scythian name for it, the Rha. Minor tributaries of this river include the Vetluga and Sura rivers. Beginning in the Valdai Hills in the Tver oblast it flows east through the towns of Kver and Nizhny-Novgorod before turning south at Kazan. Some of its major tributaries include the Oka and the Kama rivers and it flows some 2,300 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea. For 10 points, name this Russian river the longest in Europe.
Ptolemy of Alexandria mentions this river in his Geographia, using the Scythian name for it, the Rha.
{Volga} River