Arve (river)
Swiss stone pine | ||
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Water code | FR : V0-0200 , CH : 92 | |
location | France , Switzerland | |
River system | Rhône | |
Drain over | Rhône → Mediterranean | |
origin | near the Col de Balme in the municipality of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 46 ° 1 ′ 18 ″ N , 6 ° 58 ′ 18 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 2212 m | |
muzzle | near Geneva in the Rhone coordinates: 46 ° 12 '4 " N , 6 ° 7' 12" E ; CH1903: 498227 / 117 484 46 ° 12 '4 " N , 6 ° 7' 12" O |
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Mouth height | 370 m above sea level M. | |
Height difference | approx. 1842 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 17 ‰ | |
length | approx. 108 km | |
Catchment area | 1973 km² | |
Discharge A Eo : 1973 km² Location: 4.1 km above the mouth |
NNQ (2011) MNQ 1935–2016 MQ 1935–2016 Mq 1935–2016 MHQ 1935–2016 HHQ (1968) |
10.3 m³ / s 46.2 m³ / s 77.3 m³ / s 39.2 l / (s km²) 102 m³ / s 840 m³ / s |
Left tributaries | Bon Nant , Borne , Aire | |
Right tributaries | Giffre , Menoge , Foron | |
Big cities | Geneva | |
Medium-sized cities | Annemasse | |
The Arve near Annemasse , Haute-Savoie |
The Arve is a river in the western Alps . It rises in France , in the upper Chamonix valley near the Col de Balme and flows into Switzerland , in Geneva , as a left tributary into the Rhône . The total length of the river is around 116 kilometers, of which around 8.5 kilometers are in Switzerland. It has an average discharge of 75 m³ / s and a catchment area of 2060 km².
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
See also
Web links
Commons : Arve - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Paul Guichonnet: Arve. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Arve near SANDRE (French)
- Arve (river) on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Arve near SANDRE (French)
- ↑ a b Genève measuring station, Bout du Monde 1935–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN