Salm (Amel)
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Location of the river Salm in Belgium |
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location | Belgium | |
River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Amel → Ourthe → Maas → Hollands Diep → North Sea | |
River basin district | Meuse | |
source | Commanster at Vielsalm | |
Source height | approx. 500 m | |
muzzle | in Trois Ponts in the Amel Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 34 " N , 5 ° 52 ′ 22" E 50 ° 22 ′ 34 " N , 5 ° 52 ′ 22" E |
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Mouth height | 260 m | |
Height difference | approx. 240 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 7 ‰ | |
length | 34.3 km | |
Catchment area | 202 km² | |
Drain |
MQ |
3.2 m³ / s |
Communities | Vielsalm , Trois-Ponts |
The Salm is a tributary of the Amel in Belgium in the province of Liège . The Salm is part of the catchment area of the Meuse .
The source of the Salm is in the High Fens near Commanster , near the former Belgian-Prussian border.
The Salm initially flows in a south-westerly and westerly direction until it bends north at Bovigny . It maintains this direction in its further course, which leads it through Salmchateux , Grand Halleux and Vielsalm , to the confluence at Trois Ponts .
The Rivage – Trois Ponts railway runs along the Salm between Bovigny and Trois Ponts .
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