Voer

Also known as Fouron

The Voer (Dutch, ; ) is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is a right-bank tributary to the river Meuse. It has three (creek-) tributaries of its own: the Veurs, the Noor and the Beek.

Key facts

River.name: Voer
River.name_other: Fouron
River.image: Gravenvoeren-1.jpg
River.image_caption: The Voer in 's-Gravenvoeren
River.source1_location: near Sint-Pieters-Voeren
River.mouth_location: Meuse in Eijsden
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Belgium, Netherlands
River.length_km: 12
River.basin_size_km2: 12

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The Voer (Dutch, ; ) is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is a right-bank tributary to the river Meuse. It has three (creek-) tributaries of its own: the Veurs, the Noor and the Beek.

The source of the Voer is near the village of Sint-Pieters-Voeren in the Belgian province of Limburg. The river crosses the Belgian-Dutch border between 's-Gravenvoeren and Mesch, and flows into the river Meuse at Eijsden. The Voer's total length is about . It lends its name to the Voeren municipality as well as to the villages 's-Gravenvoeren, Sint-Pieters-Voeren and Sint-Martens-Voeren through which it passes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Voer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.