Arve
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:''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]]
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