Meuse

E25802

river transboundary river

The Meuse is a major European river flowing through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, historically important for transport, trade, and the development of surrounding regions.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Meuse River	13
Meuse basin	5
Meuse River basin	2
Meuse river basin	1
Meuse valley	1
New Meuse	1
Old Meuse	1
River Maas	1
Sambre–Meuse valley	1
upper Meuse	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
basinArea	approximately 34,548 km² ⓘ
basinCountry	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
borderFunction	forms part of the border between Belgium and France ⓘ forms part of the border between Belgium and the Netherlands ⓘ
connectedByCanal	Albert Canal ⓘ Canal de l’Est ⓘ Meuse–Rhine Canal ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
dischargeAverage	approximately 350 m³/s ⓘ
environmentalIssue	flooding ⓘ water quality management ⓘ
floodRisk	high in lower reaches ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally northward ⓘ
flowsThrough	Flanders ⓘ Grand Est ⓘ Limburg (Netherlands) ⓘ North Brabant ⓘ South Holland ⓘ Wallonia ⓘ
governedByTreaty	Meuse River Basin agreements ⓘ
hasBridge	Pont de Meuse at Verdun ⓘ
hasValley	Meuse valley ⓘ
historicalEventSite	Battle of Sedan (1870) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Sedan Battle of Sedan (1940) ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Meuse (1940) Battle of the Frontiers ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Meuse (World War I)
historicalRole	important waterway for trade ⓘ strategic military frontier ⓘ
languageName	Dutch: Maas ⓘ French: Meuse ⓘ German: Maas ⓘ
length	approximately 575 mi ⓘ approximately 925 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Paris Basin ⓘ
mouth	North Sea ⓘ
mouthCountry	Netherlands ⓘ
mouthLocation	Haringvliet ⓘ
navigable	yes ⓘ
partOf	Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
passesThrough	Charleville-Mézières ⓘ Liège ⓘ Maastricht ⓘ Namur ⓘ Roermond NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ surface form: Rotterdam region Sedan ⓘ Venlo NERFINISHED ⓘ Verdun, France ⓘ surface form: Verdun ’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceCountry	France ⓘ
sourceLocation	Langres Plateau ⓘ
tributary	Chiers ⓘ Lesse ⓘ Moselle River ⓘ surface form: Moselle Ourthe ⓘ Roer ⓘ Sambre ⓘ Waal ⓘ surface form: Waal (historically via distributary system)
usedFor	drinking water supply ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maas → alsoKnownAs → Meuse ⓘ

eastern France → containsRiver → Meuse ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern France

Limburg (Netherlands) → containsRiver → Meuse ⓘ

North Brabant → containsRiver → Meuse ⓘ

Province of Liège → containsRiver → Meuse ⓘ

John S. Thompsonbrug → crosses → Meuse ⓘ

Nieuwe Maas → distributaryOf → Meuse ⓘ

Signal de Botrange → drainageBasin → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse basin

Ardennes Forest → drainedBy → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Langres Plateau → drainedBy → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: upper Meuse

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → formedByRiver → Meuse ⓘ

Wallonia → geographicalFeature → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sambre–Meuse valley

European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Oude Maas → hasNameMeaning → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Meuse

Meuse → hasRiver → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → hydrologicalSystem → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse basin

Verdun, France → locatedInBasin → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse basin

Heumen → locatedNear → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Maas

Verdun, France → locatedOn → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

siege of Grave (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War → locatedOn → Meuse ⓘ

subject surface form: siege of Grave (1674)

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Grave → locatedOnRiver → Meuse ⓘ

Battle of Sedan (1940) → location → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

North Sea drainage basin → majorRiver → Meuse ⓘ

Volkerakdam → managesWaterFrom → Meuse ⓘ

Ourthe River → mouthOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Semois River → mouthOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Nieuwe Maas → nameMeaning → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Meuse

Meuse → namedAfter → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Ardennes Forest → partOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse basin

Dommel → partOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse river basin

Land van Cuijk region → partOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse valley

Ourthe River → partOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River basin

Semois River → partOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River basin

A4 motorway (France) → passesOver → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Haringvlietdam → regulatesOutflowOf → Meuse ⓘ

Wallonia → river → Meuse ⓘ

siege of Maastricht (1673) → river → Meuse ⓘ

Langres Plateau → sourceRegionOf → Meuse ⓘ

Land van Cuijk region → traversedBy → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Low Countries → traversedBy → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Ourthe River → tributaryOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse River

Langres Plateau → watershedOf → Meuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meuse basin