Arve 2231728 202900524 2008-04-02T21:58:02Z 98.169.4.212 :''There is a lesser known [[Arve River, Tasmania|Arve River]] in southern [[Tasmania]].'' :''For other uses of the word Arve see [[Arve (disambiguation)]]'' {{Infobox River | river_name = Arve | image_name = Arve Annemasse.jpg | caption = Arve near [[Annemasse]], Haute-Savoie. | origin = [[Graian Alps]] | mouth = [[Rhône River|Rhône]] | basin_countries = [[France]], [[Switzerland]] | length = 102 km | elevation = | discharge = 75 m³/s | watershed = 2,060 km² }} [[Image:Rhône and Arve Junction.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Arve (right) meets the [[Rhône River|Rhône]] in [[Geneva, Switzerland|Geneva]], [[Switzerland]].]] The '''Arve''' [[river]] flows for approximately 100km (62 miles) through [[France]], in the ''[[département in France|département]]'' of [[Haute-Savoie]], and (for a few kilometers) in [[Switzerland]]. It is a left tributary of the [[Rhône River|Rhône]]. Rising in the [[Graian Alps]], close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many [[glacier]]s 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 River|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, Haute-Savoie|Bonneville]], [[Annemasse]], and [[Geneva]]. ==External links== [[Image:Arve à Chamonix.jpg|thumb|The Arve River in Chamonix]] [[Category:Rivers of Switzerland]] [[Category:Rivers of France]] [[Category:Haute-Savoie]] {{HauteSavoie-geo-stub}} {{switzerland-geo-stub}} [[af:Arve]] [[ca:Arve]] [[cs:Arve]] [[de:Arve (Fluss)]] [[fr:Arve]] [[it:Arve]] [[lt:Arvas]] [[hu:Arve]] [[nl:Arve]] [[ja:アルヴ川]] [[no:Arve (elv)]] [[nn:Elva Arve]] [[pl:Arve]]