Arve

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There is a lesser known Arve River in southern Tasmania.
For other uses of the word Arve see Arve (disambiguation)
Arve
Arve near Annemasse, Haute-Savoie.
Arve near Annemasse, Haute-Savoie.
Origin Graian Alps
Mouth Rhône
Basin countries France, Switzerland
Length 102 km
Avg. discharge 75 m³/s
Basin area 2,060 km²
The Arve (right) meets the Rhône in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Arve (right) meets the Rhône in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Arve river flows for approximately 100km (62 miles) through France, in the département of Haute-Savoie, and (for a few kilometers) in Switzerland. It is a left tributary of the Rhône.

Rising in the Graian Alps, close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the Mer de Glace) before flowing north-west into the Rhône below Geneva.

Due to one of this river's tributaries, the Rhône, having a different concentration of silt suspended in its waters, creating a view similar to that of the mouth of the Amazon River.

The Arve flows through the following towns: Chamonix, Sallanches, Cluses, Bonneville, Annemasse, and Geneva.

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The Arve River in Chamonix
The Arve River in Chamonix