Meuse (river)
river in Netherlands
(Reguidit frae Meuse River)
The Meuse (/ˈmjuːz/; French: [møz]; Walloon Mouze [muːs]) or Maas (Dutch: Maas; IPA: [ˈmaːs]) is a major European river, risin in Fraunce an flowin through Belgium an the Netherlands afore drainin intae the North Sea. It haes a tot length o 925 km (575 mi). The Meuse is the auldest river in the warld.
| Meuse | |
| Maas, Mouze | |
| River | |
 The Meuse at Dinant
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| Kintras | Fraunce, Belgium, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Ceeties | Sedan, Charleville-Mézières, Namur, Liège, Maastricht, Venlo |
| Soorce | |
| - location | Pouilly-en-Bassigny, Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, France |
| - elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°59′12″N 5°37′0″E / 47.98667°N 5.61667°E |
| Mooth | Hollands Diep |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 51°42′54″N 4°40′4″E / 51.71500°N 4.66778°ECoordinates: 51°42′54″N 4°40′4″E / 51.71500°N 4.66778°E |
| Lenth | 925 km (575 mi) |
| Basin | 34,548 km2 (13,339 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 350 m3/s (12,360 cu ft/s) |
 Basin of the Meuse
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| [1] | |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Marcel de Wit, Robert Leander, Adri Buishand: Extreme discharges in the Meuse basin, p. 2
(The frequently mentioned figure of 250 m³/s refers to the Borgharen gauge near the frontier between Belgium and the Netherlands representing two thirds of the basin.)