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Arve
The Arve near Annemasse, Haute-Savoie
Native name	L'Arve (French)
Location
Country	France
Department	Haute-Savoie
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Geneva
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Col des Montets near Chamonix
• coordinates	46°00′12″N 6°55′13″E / 46.00341°N 6.92029°E / 46.00341; 6.92029
• elevation	1,516 m (4,974 ft)
Mouth
• location	Rhône in Geneva
• coordinates	46°12′05″N 6°07′19″E / 46.20129°N 6.12197°E / 46.20129; 6.12197
• elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Length	108 km (67 mi)
Basin size	1,976 km (763 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	79 m/s (2,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea

The Arve (French pronunciation: [aʁv]) 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, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is 1,976 km (763 sq mi), of which 80 km in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is 79 m/s (2,800 cu ft/s).

Rising in the northern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the 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 on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers.

The Arve flows through Chamonix, Sallanches, Oëx, Cluses, Bonneville, Annemasse and Geneva. Tributaries include, from source to mouth: Arveyron, Diosaz, Bon-Nant, Sallanche, Giffre, Borne, Menoge, Foron, Seymaz and Aire.

Gallery

• the river Arve in a period of floodings as it joins the Rhone river in Jonction (Geneva)
• The Arve (right) meets the Rhône in Geneva
• The Arve in Chamonix

See also

• List of rivers in France
• List of rivers in Switzerland

References

1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arve (V0--0200)".
2. ^ "Fiche rivière no 7 : L'Arve" (2nd ed.). État de Genève, Département du territoire and Syndicat Mixte d’Aménagement de l’Arve et de ses Abords. November 2005.

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Settlements	Argentière Chamonix Champex Courmayeur La Fouly Les Houches Montroc Les Praz Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Trient
Mountains	Aiguille d'Argentière Aiguille de Bionnassay Aiguille de Blaitière Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey Aiguille du Chardonnet Aiguilles du Diable Aiguilles Dorées Aiguille du Dru Aiguille des Glaciers Aiguille du Goûter Aiguille des Grands Charmoz Aiguille des Grands Montets Aiguille du Grépon Aiguille du Jardin Aiguille du Midi Aiguille de l'A Neuve Aiguille Noire de Peuterey Aiguille du Pissoir Aiguille du Plan Aiguille de Rochefort Aiguille du Tour Aiguille de Tré la Tête Aiguille de Triolet Aiguille Verte La Breya Le Catogne Le Châtelet (Mont Blanc) Dent du Géant Dôme du Goûter Dôme de Rochefort Les Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont Blanc de Courmayeur Mont Blanc du Tacul Mont Brouillard Mont Dolent Mont Mallet Mont Maudit Pic Eccles Picco Luigi Amedeo Pointe Allobrogia Pointe Helbronner Pointe d'Orny Pointe des Plines Pointe Ronde Pointe Walker Le Portalet Punta Baretti Tita Neire Tour Noir Tour Ronde
Cols	Col Ferret Petit Col Ferret Col des Montets
Glaciers	Argentière Bossons Mer de Glace Miage Saleina Tête Rousse Trient
Refuges	Albert Premier A Neuve Argentière Charpoua Cosmiques Couvercle Durier Elisabetta Francesco Gonella Grands Mulets Leschaux Mont-Blanc Plan de l'Aiguille Quintino Sella Tête Rousse Torino Tré la Tête Trient Saleina Vallot
Mountaineers (first or major ascents)	Allain Almer Anderegg (J.) Anderegg (M.) Balmat Blanchard Blodig Boivin Bonatti Bonington Boulaz Bristow Brown Burgener Cassin Charlet Clough Cordier (H.) Cordier (P.) Couzy Croz Dent Desmaison Destivelle Długosz Eccles Eckenstein Gabarrou Ghirardini Graham Brown Güssfeldt Harlin Heckmair Hemming Hudson Kennedy King Klucker Kuffner Kukuczka Kurtyka Lachenal Lafaille Lambert MacIntyre Mallory Maund Mazeaud Messner Middlemore Moore Mummery Paccard Paradis Patey Ratti Rébuffat Rey Robbins Roch Rouse de Saussure Smythe Stephen Terray Twight Vallençant Walker Whillans Whymper Winthrop Young
Other	Arve (river) Chemin de fer du Montenvers Giardino Botanico Alpino Saussurea Haute Route Marathon du Mont Blanc Mont Blanc glacier flood Mont Blanc tramway Mont Blanc Tunnel Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway Skyway Monte Bianco Top of the Mont Blanc Tour du Mont Blanc Val d'Aosta Val Ferret Val Veny Vallée Blanche Aerial Tramway

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