Meuse

Meuse
The Meuse at Dinant
Basin of the Meuse
Native name
Location
Countries
RegionWestern Europe
Cities
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPouilly-en-Bassigny, Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France
 • coordinates47°59′12″N 5°37′00″E / 47.9867°N 5.6167°E / 47.9867; 5.6167
 • elevation409 m (1,342 ft)
MouthNorth Sea
 • location
Hollands Diep, North Brabant/South Holland, Netherlands
 • coordinates
51°42′54″N 4°40′04″E / 51.715°N 4.6678°E / 51.715; 4.6678
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length925 km (575 mi)
Basin size34,548 km2 (13,339 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average350 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s)
[1]

The Meuse (/mjuːz/ mewz, /mɜːz/, US also /mɜːrz, mʌz/ mu(r)z,[2][3][4] French: [møz] ; Walloon: Moûze [muːs]) or Maas (/mɑːs/ mahss,[2][4][5] Dutch: [maːs] ; Limburgish: Maos [mɔːs] or Maas [maːs]) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of 925 km (575 miles).

  1. ^ Marcel de Wit, Robert Leander, Adri Buishand: Extreme discharges in the Meuse basin Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, p. 2
    (The frequently mentioned figure of 250 m³/s refers to the Borgharen gauge near the frontier between Belgium and the Netherlands representing two thirds of the basin.)
  2. ^ a b "Meuse". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Meuse" (US) and "Meuse". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-02-09.
  4. ^ a b "Meuse". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Maas". Lexico US English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26.