Arve
Sign in to saveThe Arve () is a river in France (département of Haute-Savoie), and Switzerland (canton of Geneva). A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is , of which 80 km2 in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is .
Key facts
- River.name
- Arve
- River.image
- Arve Annemasse.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Arve near Annemasse, Haute-Savoie
- River.map
- Arve (rivière).png
- River.source1_location
- Col des Montets near Chamonix
- River.mouth_location
- Rhône in Geneva
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
- River.subdivision_type2
- Department
- River.subdivision_name2
- Haute-Savoie
- River.subdivision_type3
- Country
- River.subdivision_name3
- Switzerland
- River.subdivision_type4
- Canton
- River.subdivision_name4
- Geneva
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Haute-Savoie
- Continent
- Europe
- Elevation
- 2170
- Image
- Arve Annemasse.jpg
- Length
- 107.8
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- Commons category
- Arve River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Rhône
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- Arve
- watershed area
- 2060
- discharge
- 78.2
- origin of the watercourse
- Tête de Balme
- different from
- Avre
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Arve () is a river in France (département of Haute-Savoie), and Switzerland (canton of Geneva). A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is , of which 80 km2 in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is .
Rising in the northern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the Mer de Glace) before flowing north-west into the Rhône on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arve” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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