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Below, the Belgian rivers are given alphabetically. See also Category:Rivers of Belgium. 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.
Flowing in a roughly westerly direction, it enters France after passing through the Belgian village of Bohan-sur-Semois and forms about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the Belgian–French border. [2] It joins the Meuse 24 kilometres (15 mi) further downstream in Monthermé. [3] The total length of the river is 210 kilometres (130 mi).
The Lys (French pronunciation: ⓘ) or Leie (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is 202 kilometres (126 mi).
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).
Moselle river flowing through Metz, with the church of Temple Neuf Cochem Castle, overlooking the Mosel A liberty pole erected by the Moselle during the French Revolution, water colour by Goethe, 1793. Château de Meinsberg (dit de Malbrouck): near Manderen, this castle was built in the 15th century but rebuilt in the 1990s. Today it is used ...
2.5.1 Flowing into the North Sea ... River Tay → Firth of Tay (estuary, included in the figures) ... Belgium, Netherlands (estuary) River Forth 112 m³/s 47 km ...
The unique seasonal wild yeasts of the Senne river valley are used in the production of the regional lambic style of beer. [8] Brasserie de la Senne is a recently opened brewery named for the river. [9] Despite the covering of the Senne resulting in the river being all but invisible in central Brussels, it has had a cultural impact on the city.
The navigable river Escaut/Scheldt from Cambrai to the North Sea (from European Waterways Map and Directory, 5th edition) Canalisation from Cambrai down to Valenciennes was completed in 1788. Napoleon saw the benefits of linking Paris to Belgium and accelerated completion of the Canal de Saint-Quentin to the south. The locks were deepened and ...