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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NL countryMajorRiver Meuse
Limburg (Belgium) contains Meuse
this entity surface form: River Meuse
South Limburg traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Herstal locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Boxmeer locatedNear Meuse
this entity surface form: River Meuse
Batavian Island boundedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
North Limburg traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Geul mouthOf Meuse
Geul tributaryOf Meuse
Sambre mouthOfWaterBody Meuse
Sambre tributaryOf Meuse
Sambre riverSystem Meuse
Canal de l’Est connectsTo Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Maastricht locatedOnRiver Meuse
Vesdre mouthOfWaterBody Meuse
Vesdre tributaryOf Meuse
Vesdre flowsInto Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse at Chênée
Charleville-Mézières locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Roer mouthOfWatercourse Meuse
Roer tributaryOf Meuse
Namur Province river Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Roermond, Netherlands locatedOnRiver Meuse
subject surface form: Roermond
Euroregion Meuse-Rhine namedAfter Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Domrémy hasRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Principality of Sedan locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Treaty of Mersen dividedRegionAlong Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Battle of the Meuse location Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Battle of the Meuse riverCrossed Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Maaseik locatedOnRiver Meuse
Ardennes department traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Battle of Liège involved Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Seraing locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Huy locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Visé locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Visé hasBridgeOver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Wanze locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Amay locatedOnRiver Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Dutch inland waterway network hasPart Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Arrondissement of Huy locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Arrondissement of Huy river Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
citadel of Namur locatedOnRiver Meuse
subject surface form: Citadel of Namur
northern France hasMajorRiver Meuse
subject surface form: Northern France
Marche-les-Dames locatedOnTerrainFeature Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Upper Guelders locatedOn Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Loevestein Castle locatedNear Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River
Limburg Province traversedBy Meuse
this entity surface form: Meuse River