The '''Volga River''', at 2325 miles long, is the longest river in [[Europe]].
The '''Volga River''', at 2325 miles long, is the longest river in [[Europe]].
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It rises in central [[Russia]] just to the west of the Ural Mountains and wanders rather indiscriminately south until it reaches the western shore of the [[Caspian Sea]] in a wide delta. It is navigable for most of its course; indeed its lazy meanderings through the steppes give it a fall of less than 700 feet over its whole navigable length.
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It rises in central [[Russia]] just to the west of the [[Ural Mountains]] and wanders rather indiscriminately south until it reaches the western shore of the [[Caspian Sea]] in a wide delta. It is navigable for most of its course; indeed its lazy meanderings through the steppes give it a fall of less than 700 feet over its whole navigable length.