Amel (river)

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Amel
Location of the Amel river in Belgium

Location of the Amel river in Belgium

Data
location Belgium
River system Rhine
Drain over Ourthe  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source at Honsfeld
50 ° 21 ′ 56 ″  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 43 ″  E
Source height approx.  591  m
muzzle in Comblain-au-Pont in the Ourthe coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 57 "  N , 5 ° 35 ′ 8"  E 50 ° 28 ′ 57 "  N , 5 ° 35 ′ 8"  E
Mouth height 95.7  m
Height difference approx. 495.3 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.3 ‰
length 93 km
Catchment area 1,075.2 km²
Discharge at the Martinrive
A Eo gauge : 1068 km² 		NNQ (1991)
MQ 1974/2017
Mq 1974/2017
 HHQ (1991) 		1.66 m³ / s
19.19 m³ / s
18 l / (s km²)
 329.68 m³ / s
Left tributaries Rechterbach , Lienne
Right tributaries Warche , L'Eau Rouge , Salm , Le Rubicon
Small towns Stavelot , Aywaille
Communities Amel , Stavelot , Trois-Ponts , Stoumont , Aywaille , Comblain-au-Pont

The Amel (French: Amblève ) is a tributary to the Ourthe in East Belgium ( Province of Liège ). The Amel is part of the Maas catchment area . Its source is near Honsfeld in the Belgian Eifel , on the border between the municipalities of Amel and Büllingen on 600  m OP tributaries of the Amel are the Warche and the Salm . Le Rubicon is an underground tributary of the Amel. He shaped the Remouchamps caves . Le Rubicon has been accessible to the public at 600 meters in these grottoes since 1912.

The Amel flows through the municipalities of Amel , Stavelot , Trois-Ponts and Aywaille . In the vicinity of Trois-Ponts are the famous waterfalls of Coo . The Amel flows into the Ourthe River at Comblain-au-Pont .

The name Amel is of Celtic origin and means water .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Service public du Wallonie: Atlas des Cours d'Eau Non Navigables de Wallonie , accessed on January 8, 2020
  2. ^ Service public du Wallonie: Atlas des Cours d'Eau Non Navigables de Wallonie , accessed on January 8, 2020
  3. ↑ Direction générale opérationnelle de la Mobilité et des Voies hydrauliques : Fiche signalétique de Station Martinrive; accessed on January 8, 2020