The Arve (french: L'Arve, ) is a river in France ('' département'' of Haute-Savoie), and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

( canton of Geneva). A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is , of which 80 km² in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is . Rising in the northern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the

Mer de Glace The Mer de Glace ("Sea of Ice") is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and deep but, when all its tributary glaciers are taken into account, it can be regarded as ...

) before flowing north-west into the Rhône on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers. The Arve flows through Chamonix, Sallanches, Oëx,

Cluses Cluses (; frp, Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same n ...

, Bonneville, Annemasse and Geneva. Tributaries include, from source to mouth: Arveyron, Diosaz, Bon-Nant, Sallanche, Giffre, Borne,

Menoge The Menoge is a French river found in the Haute-Savoie department. Its source is near the Col des Moise, and flows through Vallée Verte, into the Arve just before Annemasse. It is long. Its tributaries are: Brevon de Saxel (confluence at Boëg ...

, Foron, Seymaz and Aire.

Gallery

Image:Rhône and Arve Junction.jpg, The Arve (right) meets the Rhône in Geneva Image:Arve à Chamonix.jpg, The Arve in Chamonix

References

Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of France Rivers of Haute-Savoie International rivers of Europe Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of the canton of Geneva Rivers of the Alps {{Switzerland-river-stub