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
- Elevation
- 2170
- Image
- Arve Annemasse.jpg
- Length
- 107.8
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- Arve
- watershed area
- 2060
- discharge
- 78.2
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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.
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