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The Gulp (; ; french: Galoppe) is a long river in eastern Belgium and southeastern Netherlands. It flows through the Belgian provinces of
J. Kuyper, ''Gemeente Atlas van Nederland'', 1865-1870, "Gulpen"
Map of Gulpen with river ''De Gulp'', around 1868 overlooked by motte-and-bailey castle Gracht Burggraaf. It flows through the villages
The Gulp (; ; french: Galoppe) is a long river in eastern Belgium and southeastern Netherlands. It flows through the Belgian provinces of Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
and Limburg, and the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a strongly meandering, fast flowing, left-bank tributary of the Geul river. Because of it strong meanders, it is difficult to determine its exact length.
During Roman times, the river was called ''Galopia'' or ''Gulippa'', meaning ''little Geul'' or ''upper brook''. The Gulp is a real trout brook: flowing fast and rich in oxygen. Brook trout
The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere ...
is abundant. The landscape of the narrow Gulp valley resembles much the valley of the Geul: a fascinating mixture of deciduous forests, meadows, farmland, muddy banks, stream pools, orchards and
''holle wegen'' (eroded dirt roads).
Flow
The source is inHenri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle ( wa, Hinri-Tchapele, nl, Hendrik-Kapelle, german: Heinrichskapelle, li, Kapäl) is a village of Wallonia and a section de commune, district of the Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Welkenraedt, located in the Liège Prov ...
. It joins the Geul near Gulpen,Map of Gulpen with river ''De Gulp'', around 1868 overlooked by motte-and-bailey castle Gracht Burggraaf. It flows through the villages
Hombourg
Hombourg (; german: Homburg) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin.
T ...
, Teuven (both in Belgium), Slenaken
Slenaken ( Limburgish: ''Sjlennich'') is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.
Slenaken was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Wittem.
History
On a bank of the River Gulp, just to the south of Slenaken, is the " ...
and Gulpen (both in the Netherlands).
From its source in Henri-Chapelle, a village of the municipality of Welkenraedt, province of Liège
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outs ...
it runs in a northwestern direction across the Dutch border, after which it flows into the Geul. This happens near a motte-and-bailey castle called "Burggraaf" at Gulpen, where also the Eyserbeek river joins the Geul from the opposite bank. This is the place and municipality to which it evidently gets its name.
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