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34,548 km 2 (13,339 sq mi) Discharge. • average. 350 m 3 /s (12,000 cu ft/s) [1] The Meuse[a] or Maas[b] is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of 925 km (575 miles).
If the names are different in French, Dutch or German, they are given in parentheses (only given if the river flows in French, Dutch or German-speaking territory). Note for additions: Please remember to add the city where the river meets for each river. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of Belgium, see the category Category:Rivers of Belgium.
The Semois ( French pronunciation: [səmwa]; Simwès in Walloon, often under elided form Smwès; Semoy, Sesbach in German, Setzbaach in Luxembourgish of Arlon; and known as the Semoy in France) is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and France towards the Meuse, of which it is a right tributary. [ 1]
Designated. 2 February 2020. Reference no. 2405 [ 3 ] The Scheldt (/ ˈʃɛlt, ˈskɛlt / SHELT, SKELT; French: Escaut [ɛsko]; Dutch: Schelde [ˈɕxɛldə] ⓘ) is a 435-kilometre-long (270 mi) [ 4 ] river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.
The Sambre (French: [sɑ̃bʁ]) is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur. The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, in the Aisne département. It passes through the Franco-Belgian coal basin, formerly an important industrial ...
Moselle. The Moselle (/ moʊˈzɛl / moh-ZEL, [1] French: [mɔzɛl] ⓘ; German: Mosel [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Musel [ˈmuzəl] ⓘ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
Roer. The Roer or Rur (German: Rur [ʁuːɐ̯]; Dutch and Limburgish: Roer, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈruːr], Limburgish: [ˈʀuːʀ˦]; French: Rour[2]) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse (Dutch: Maas). About 90 percent of the river's course is in ...
Yser. The Yser (US: / iːˈzɛər / ee-ZAIR, [1] French: [izɛʁ]; Dutch: IJzer [ˈɛizər] ⓘ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort. The source of the Yser is in Buysscheure (Buisscheure), in ...