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Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world. [6] ... The second main river of Geneva is the Arve, ... Over the past century, ...
The Arve (French pronunciation:) is a river in France (département of Haute-Savoie), and Switzerland (canton of Geneva). A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 108 km (67 mi) long, [1] of which 9 km in Switzerland. [2] Its catchment area is 1,976 km 2 (763 sq mi), of which 80 km 2 in Switzerland.
For 25 miles (40 km)south it combined with a till ridge called the Minooka Ridge. This follows the east side of Fox River, past St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and Aurora. The east side of each city occupies the outer face of the moraine. The width of the belt is 2 miles (3.2 km) or 3 miles (4.8 km).
Map of Switzerland showing major lakes and rivers. The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Included rivers flow either entirely or partly through Switzerland or along its international borders.
Lake Geneva ends in the city of Geneva, where the lake level is controlled by the Le Seujet dam . The average discharge from Lake Geneva is 251 cubic metres per second (8,900 cu ft/s). [8] Below the dam, the Rhône receives the waters of the Arve, fed by the Mont Blanc massif, with a visibly higher sediment load and much lower temperature.
The Seneca River begins at Geneva in Seneca County, as the outflow of Seneca Lake, [6] flowing east past Waterloo and Seneca Falls.Skirting the northern end of Cayuga Lake at the Montezuma Marsh, it turns north, receiving the Clyde River from the west, forming the Seneca–Cayuga county line, then the border of Cayuga and Wayne counties.
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Arve river: Other name(s) Pont Hans-Wilsdorf [1] Named for: Hans Wilsdorf: ... The Hans Wilsdorf Bridge (French: Pont Hans-Wilsdorf) is a bridge in Geneva, Switzerland.