FR-Europe’s major rivers do not meet (unless you count the Sava, which drains into the Danube in Belgrade). This partly explains why there are so many countries in what is a relatively small space. Because they do not connect, most of the rivers act, at some point, as boundaries, and each is a sphere of economic influence in its own right; this gave rise to at least one major urban development on the banks of each river, some of which in turn became capital cities.

Europe’s major rivers do not meet (unless you count the Sava, which drains into the Danube in
Belgrade). This partly explains why there are so many countries in what is a relatively small space.
Because they do not connect, most of the rivers act, at some point, as boundaries, and each is a sphere
of economic influence in its own right; this gave rise to at least one major urban development on the
banks of each river, some of which in turn became capital cities.