Groves (river)

Groves
The groves in Bergen (French Mons )
Data
Water code	FR :  E1820402
location	Belgium / Wallonia region , France / Hauts-de-France region
River system	Scheldt
Drain over	Scheldt  → North Sea
source	at Anderlues
Source height	179  m
muzzle	at Condé-sur-l'Escaut in the Scheldt Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '17 "  N , 3 ° 35' 39"  E 50 ° 26 '17 "  N , 3 ° 35' 39"  E
Mouth height	16  m
Height difference	163 m
Bottom slope	2.3 ‰
length	72 km
Left tributaries	Trouille , Honnelle , Hogneau
Medium-sized cities	La Louvière , Mons , Saint-Ghislain

The Haine (sometimes also Hayne , German: Henne , Dutch: Hene ) is a river that runs through Belgium and France . It rises in the municipality of Anderlues in Belgium and flows into the Scheldt after 72 kilometers in Condé-sur-l'Escaut , France .

Both the former county of Hainaut and today's Belgian province of Hainaut are named after the river. The industrial region in the valley of the groves is also known under the name Borinage and is the western branch of the Walloon main industrial zone in the Sambre - Meuse furrow.

The river is canalised in the lower reaches and feeds the Canal de Mons à Condé, which has now been closed for shipping .

Places on the river

• Anderlues
• Morlanwelz
• Le Roeulx
• La Louvière
• Mons
• Quaregnon
• Saint-Ghislain
• Boussu
• Hensies
• Condé-sur-l'Escaut

Web links

• Contrat Rivière Haine (French)