River mouth Moselle Length 161 km Basin area 3,085 km² Mouth Moselle Bridges Malzéville bridge | Basin size 3,085 km (1,191 sq mi) Discharge 41 m³/s Source Vosges Country France | |
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Main source Vosges mountains
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The Meurthe ([mœʁt]) is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. Its source is in the Vosges mountains, near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département, from where it flows in an overall north-westerly direction. Its name gave rise to the naming of the present French département Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former (before the change in the Franco-German border after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870) département Meurthe.
Map of Meurthe, France
Channelled during its route through Nancy, the river flows into the Moselle at Pompey on the northern edge of Nancy, a short distance down-stream from the Port of Frouard.
Towns along the river Meurthe include:
Tributaries include:
References
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