Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Berlin is not correctly paired with the Rhine: Berlin lies on the Spree (and Havel) rivers, not the Rhine. London is correctly paired with the Thames — a canonical example of a major city on that river. New York is commonly associated with the Hudson River, which forms a major estuary serving the New York region and is the subject of dedicated ecosystem management studies. Vienna is correctly matched with the Danube; the Danube flows eastward through major Central and Eastern European cities including Vienna and is a principal inland waterway of the region [1]. Therefore, the mismatched pair is Berlin: Rhine (option 1).

Sources

1. [1] FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > The Danube Waterway > p. 65