Editing Meuse (section)

{{Short description|River in western Europe}}
{{for|the French administrative division|Meuse (department)}}

{{Infobox river
| name               = Meuse
| native_name        = {{native name list|tag1=fr|name1=Meuse|tag2=wa|name2=Moûze|tag3=nl|name3=Maas|tag4=li|name4=Maos}}
| name_other         =
| name_etymology     =
<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Dinant Meuse R01.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| image_caption      = The Meuse at [[Dinant]]
| map                = Meuse Basin.svg
| map_size           =
| map_caption        = Basin of the Meuse
| pushpin_map        =
| pushpin_map_size   =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 5
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Countries
| subdivision_name1  = {{hlist|[[France]]|[[Belgium]]|[[Netherlands]]}}
| subdivision_type2  =
| subdivision_name2  =
| subdivision_type3  = Region
| subdivision_name3  = [[Western Europe]]
| subdivision_type4  =
| subdivision_name4  =
| subdivision_type5  = Cities
| subdivision_name5  = {{hlist|[[Verdun (Meuse)|Verdun]] {{small|(France)}}|[[Sedan, France|Sedan]] {{small|(France)}}|[[Charleville-Mézières]] {{small|(France)}}|[[Namur]] {{small|(Belgium)}}|[[Liège]] {{small|(Belgium)}}|[[Maastricht]] {{small|(Netherlands)}}|[[Venlo]] {{small|(Netherlands)}}|[[Rotterdam]] {{small|(Netherlands)}}}}
<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|925|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width_min          =
| width_avg          =
| width_max          =
| depth_min          =
| depth_avg          =
| depth_max          =
| discharge1_location=
| discharge1_min     =
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|350|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_max     =
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            =
| source1_location   = Pouilly-en-Bassigny, [[Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse]], [[Haute-Marne]], [[Grand Est]], [[France]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|47.9867|5.6167|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|409|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[North Sea]]
| mouth_location     = [[Hollands Diep]], [[North Brabant]]/[[South Holland]], [[Netherlands]]
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|51.715|4.6678|display=inline}}
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
| progression        =
| river_system       =
| basin_size         = {{convert|34548|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   =
| tributaries_right  =
| custom_label       =
| custom_data        =
| extra              = <ref name=MQ>Marcel de Wit, Robert Leander, Adri Buishand: ''[http://www.chr-khr.org/files/I-2_deWit.pdf Extreme discharges in the Meuse basin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106231255/http://www.chr-khr.org/files/I-2_deWit.pdf |date=2014-01-06 }}'', p. 2<br>(The frequently mentioned figure of 250&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/s refers to the ''Borgharen'' gauge near the frontier between Belgium and the Netherlands representing two thirds of the basin.)</ref>
}}

The '''Meuse'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|m|juː|z}} {{respell|MEWZ}}, {{IPAc-en|UKalso|m|ɜː|z}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|m|ɜːr|z|,_|m|ʌ|z}} {{respell|MU(R)Z}},<ref name="AHD">{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Meuse|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190404124247/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Meuse "Meuse"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Meuse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209095443/https://www.lexico.com/definition/meuse |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-09 |title=Meuse |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref name="MW">{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Meuse|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|møz|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Meuse.wav}}; {{langx|wa|Moûze}} {{IPA|wa|muːs|}}.}} or '''Maas'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|m|ɑː|s}} {{respell|MAHSS}},<ref name="AHD"/><ref name="MW"/><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/en/definition/Maas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226172239/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/maas |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-26 |title=Maas |dictionary=[[Lexico]] US English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPA|nl|maːs|lang|nl-Maas.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Maos}} {{IPA|li|mɔːs|}} or {{lang|li|Maas}} {{IPA|li|maːs|}}.}} 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 {{convert|925|km|mi|abbr=in}}.