See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

MEUSE (Flem. See also:

• MAES, NICOLAS (1632-1693)

Maes, Du. See also:

• MAAS, JOSEPH (1847-1886)

Maas)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river rising at Pouilly, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Haute See also:

• MARNE

Marne, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . After passing through a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland it flows into the Waal channel of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine at Fort Loevenstein . A few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles below See also:

• GORINCHEM, or GORCUM

Gorinchem the See also:

• MEUSE
• MEUSE (Flem. Maes, Du. Maas)

Meuse, or Waal as it is then called, divides into two branches . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern flows almost due See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and joins the Lek (Rhine) above See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam, and enters the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea at the See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

Hook of Holland . Ocean-going steamers for Rotterdam use, however, the New Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg), a little north of the Meuse . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch turns See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, crosses the See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh of Biesbosch by the canalized channel of New Merwede, enters the Hollandsch Diep, at14 reaches the sea by the arms called Haringvliet and Krammer . The length of the Meuse is nearly 56o m., of which 36o are navigable, and probably its See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic is only exceeded by that of the Rhine . Near Bazeilles it disappears under ground for a distance of over 3 M . The Chiers, the See also:

• SEMOIS (also spelt SEMOY and SEnzoYS)

Semois, the See also:

• LESSE

Lesse, the Sambre, the Ourthe and the Roer are its most important tributaries . In Belgium it is canalized between See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege and Vise, and the Dutch are engaged on the same operation below Maestricht . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns on the Meuse are: in France, See also:

• VERDUN

Verdun, See also:

• SEDAN

Sedan, See also:

• MEZIERES, PHILIPPE DE (c. 1327—1405)

Mezieres and See also:

• GIVET

Givet; in Belgium, See also:

• DINANT

Dinant, See also:

• NAMUR
• NAMUR (Flemish, Namen)

Namur, Huy, Liege and Maeseyck; in Holland, Maestricht, See also:

• ROERMOND

Roermond, See also:

• VENLO

Venlo, See also:

• DORDRECHT (abbreviated Dordt, or Dort)

Dordrecht and Rotterdam .