what continent does the river volga belong to
[ËvolÉ¡É]. ) is the longest river in Europe; it is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows through central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia.Eleven of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including the capital, Moscow, are in the Volga's watershed (drainage basin).he Turkic peoples living along the river formerly referred to it as Itil or Atil big river. In modern Turkic languages, the Volga is known as Ä°del (Ð¸Ð´ÐµÐ») in Tatar, Ð°ÑÄÐ» (AtÄl) in Chuvash, Idhel in Bashkir, Edil in Kazakh, and Ä°dil in Turkish. The Turkic peoples associated the Itil's origin with the Kama River.