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The Gulp (; ; french: Galoppe) is a long river in eastern
J. Kuyper, ''Gemeente Atlas van Nederland'', 1865-1870, "Gulpen"
Map of Gulpen with river ''De Gulp'', around 1868 overlooked by
The Gulp (; ; french: Galoppe) is a long river in eastern Belgium
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and southeastern Netherlands
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. It flows through the Belgian
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provinces of Liège and Limburg
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, and the Dutch
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province of Limburg
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. It is a strongly meandering, fast flowing, left-bank tributary
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of the Geul
, french: la Gueule
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, image_caption = The Geul valley in Plombières, Belgium
, source1_location = near Lichtenbusch
, mouth_location = Meuse near Bunde
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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
Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...
brook: flowing fast and rich in oxygen. Brook trout 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 in Henri-Chapelle. It joins the Geul nearGulpen
Gulpen (; li, Gullepe ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen.
Gulpen was a separate municipality until 1999, when it merged with Wittem. The ...
,Map of Gulpen with river ''De Gulp'', around 1868 overlooked by
motte-and-bailey castle
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Gracht Burggraaf
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. It flows through the villages Hombourg, Teuven
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(both in Belgium), Slenaken and Gulpen (both in the Netherlands).
From its source in Henri-Chapelle, a village of the municipality of Welkenraedt
Welkenraedt (; Ripuarian: ; wa, Welkenrote) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On January 1, 2018, Welkenraedt had a total population of 9,920. The total area is 24.47 km² which gives a population d ...
, province of Liège 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
The Eyserbeek (; li, Ezerbaek ) is a river in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. The Eyserbeek is a right-bank tributary to the river Geul, which later joins the Meuse. Rising in Bocholtz and flowing through Simpelveld and Eys, the Eyserbe ...
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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