Question

River Rhine flowing through some of the major cities of Europe and empties into the ____________.
A. Mediterranean Sea
B. North Sea
C. Red Sea
D. Baltic Sea

Answer 1

Hint: 1. The sea into which River Rhine empties itself is the sea of the Atlantic ocean.
2. The sea is also considered dangerous and leads to heavy storms.
3. The sea into which the River Rhine empties itself is also considered as one of Europe's most productive fisheries.

Complete Answer:
- The River Rhine is one of the major European rivers which has its sources in Switzerland and flows in the north through Germany and Netherlands and emptying itself into the North Sea.
- The Rhine has been a classic example of the alternating roles of great rivers as arteries of political and cultural boundary lines. The river has also been enshrined in the literature of its lands, especially Germany in one of the famous epics.
- The river has been one amongst Europe's leading transport routes since the time when the Rhine valley became incorporated into the Roman Empire. Until the 19th century the degree of goods transported were of high value but relatively small in volume but since the second half of the 19th century the volume of goods conveyed on the river has increased greatly.

Hence the correct answer is Option B.

Note: 1. River Rhine is the only one to possess such a lot of old and famous cities like Basel, Switzerland, France etc on its banks.
2. The River Rhine is named by different names reckoning on the country it flows through. It is Rhein in Germany, Rhine in France and Rijn in Netherlands.
3. The Rhine was considered one of the foremost polluted rivers in Europe around the 1980s.