Meuse

river in western Europe
RiverBodyOfWater main_stem Q41986
Meuse
Pierre Lavaurs · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Meuse is a main stem[1]. Meuse draws 8,603 Wikipedia views per month (main stem category, ranking #5 of 39).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Haute-Marne[3], Vosges[4], Meuse[5], Ardennes[6], Province of Namur[7], Province of Liege[8], Limburg[9], North Brabant[10], Gelderland[11]
  • Country: France[12], Belgium[13], Netherlands[14]
  • Continent: Europe[15]
  • Instance of: river[16]
  • Part of: Meuse basin[17], Grote rivieren[18]
  • Commons category: Meuse River[19]
  • Mouth of the watercourse: North Sea[20]
  • Lake on watercourse: Maasplassen[21]
  • Origin of the watercourse: Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Meuse River[23]
  • Commons gallery: Meuse River[24]
  • Tributary: Rur[25], Sambre[26], Dieze[27], Ourthe[28], Niers[29], Lesse[30], Semois[31], Chiers[32], Mouzon[33], Houille[34], Voer[35], Saônelle[36], Canal of Lanaye[37], Schwalm[38]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Meuse include Mosasaurus[39], a fossil taxon[40]; Maastricht[41], a municipality of the Netherlands[42], in Netherlands[43]; Mosasauridae[44], a fossil taxon[45]; Meuse-Argonne Offensive[46], a military campaign[47], in France[48]; Meuse[49], a department of France[50], in France[51], founded in 1790[52]; Maaseik[53], a Belgian municipality with the title of city[54], in Belgium[55]; Mosasauroidea[56], a fossil taxon[57]; and Mosasaurinae[58], a fossil taxon[59].

Why It Matters

Meuse has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Meuse is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Entities named for Meuse include Mosasaurus[39], a fossil taxon[40]; Maastricht[41], a municipality of the Netherlands[42], in Netherlands[43]; Mosasauridae[44], a fossil taxon[45]; Meuse-Argonne Offensive[46], a military campaign[47], in France[48]; Meuse[49], a department of France[50], in France[51], founded in 1790[52]; and Maaseik[53], a Belgian municipality with the title of city[54], in Belgium[55].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27869
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  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['meuse', 'meuse-river']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: meuse-river, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948653|meuse river (#289948653)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent → Europe
    P14586 → 85176
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  5. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Watershed area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+36000'}
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