Meuse

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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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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
Rotterdam
surface form: Rotterdam region

Sedan
Venlo
Verdun, France
surface form: Verdun

’s-Hertogenbosch
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

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Namur locatedAtRiver Meuse
Namur locatedAtConfluenceOf Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse and Sambre
Maasvlakte namedAfter Meuse
this entity surface form: river Meuse (Maas)
Sint Anthonis drainageBasin Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse basin
Oeffelt locatedOnRiver Meuse
Volkeraksluizen connectsRegion Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse basin
Vortum-Mullem locatedNear Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Vortum-Mullem nearbyWaterBody Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Plasmolen locatedNear Meuse
Middelaar locatedNear Meuse
historic town center of Cuijk locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: River Meuse
fortress town of Grave locatedOn Meuse
subject surface form: Grave
this entity surface form: river Meuse
Ourthe mouthOf Meuse
Ourthe flowsInto Meuse
Lesse tributaryOf Meuse
Lesse mouthLocation Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse at Anseremme
Haringvliet mouthOf Meuse
Albert Canal connectsWith Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Albert Canal bypasses Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River meanders between Liège and Maastricht
Albert Canal waterSource Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Sambre–Meuse campaign namedAfter Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Maashees locatedOnRiver Meuse
Maashees nearbyWaterBody Meuse
this entity surface form: river Meuse
Roman province of Germania Inferior importantRiver Meuse
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
Swalm mouthOf Meuse
Swalm flowsInto Meuse
Swalm riverSystem Meuse
Swalm tributaryOf Meuse
Chiers mouth Meuse
Chiers tributaryOf Meuse
Chiers rightTributaryOf Meuse
Pont de Meuse at Verdun crosses Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Pont de Meuse at Verdun spans Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Pont de Meuse at Verdun locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Niers mouthOfWatercourse Meuse
Niers tributaryOf Meuse
Juliana Canal connectsTo Meuse
Meuse valley traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Gallia Belgica traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Volkerakmeer inflow Meuse
Liège locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Vierlingsbeek locatedOn Meuse