Meuse

Meuse
Meuse
	The Meuse at Dinant
	Basin of the Meuse
Native name	Meuse (French); Moûze (Walloon); Maas (Dutch); Maos (Limburgish);
Location
Countries	France; Belgium; Netherlands;
Region	Western Europe
Cities	Verdun (France); Sedan (France); Charleville-Mézières (France); Namur (Belgium); Liège (Belgium); Maastricht (Netherlands); Venlo (Netherlands); Rotterdam (Netherlands);
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pouilly-en-Bassigny, Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France
• coordinates	47°59′12″N 5°37′00″E / 47.9867°N 5.6167°E
• elevation	409 m (1,342 ft)
Mouth	North Sea
• location	Hollands Diep, North Brabant/South Holland, Netherlands
• coordinates	51°42′54″N 4°40′04″E / 51.715°N 4.6678°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	925 km (575 mi)
Basin size	34,548 km2 (13,339 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	350 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s)

The Meuse or Maas 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).