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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.
The Arve Valley consists of the upper reaches of the river Arve, whose source is in the Mont Blanc massif, on the Savoyard Col-du-Balme side.Down stream, the river passes through the plain of Annemassy, before emptying into the Rhône in the Swiss canton of Geneva.
High Rhine and Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen The Aare at Bern The Birs at Laufen The Reuss in Bremgarten Saane in Fribourg Confluence of the Urnäsch and Sitter Tamina Gorge near Bad Ragaz Landwasser with Landwasser Viaduct Le Doubs in Saint-Ursanne Confluence of the Rhône and Arve in Geneva Verzasca river and valley Rom near Lü Inn in Engadin
Confluence of the Rhône and the Arve. The altitude of Geneva is 373.6 m (1,225.7 ft) and corresponds to the altitude of the largest of the Pierres du Niton, two large rocks emerging from the lake which date from the last ice age. This rock was chosen by General Guillaume Henri Dufour as the reference point for surveying in Switzerland. [33]
The left bank, however, remained contested between then-independent Geneva and neighbouring Savoy until it came under Swiss jurisdiction in the middle of the 19th Century. Exchanges with the city increased significantly from there onwards: a paved road is inaugurated in 1878 and streetcars start crossing the Arve in 1889.
In 1962, a temporary bridge was built by the military across the Arve which would later be replaced by the Hans Wilsdorf Bridge. [3] Construction began in 2009 and was completed in 2012. The bridge opened on 30 August 2012.
In the Faucigny region, the river Arve flows through the low-lying, agricultural Arve Valley. The village of Faucigny is at an elevation of approximately 639 m., northeast of La Roche-sur-Foron, and about 20 km. southeast of the city of Geneva. The village lies on a river terrace on the eastern side of the Arve Valley.
The Viaduc de la Jonction (Viaduct of the Junction) is a rail viaduct in Geneva, Switzerland.It was completed in 1945. It is located above the confluence of the rivers Rhône & Arve, locally known as "la Jonction" (the Junction), from which it gets its name.