The Houyoux is a northern tributary stream of the river
Meuse
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in Belgium, flowing through
Hesbaye
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in the province of
Namur.
The Houyoux rises in
Warisoulx passing through the villages of
Villers-lez-Heest,
Rhisnes, the
Namur city suburbs of
Saint-Servais and
Bomel before its confluence with the Meuse in the city of Namur (In the distant past it fed the moat of the northern wall of the city of Namur).
In the past, along the Gembloux-Nemur road that passed through the old municipality of Saint-Servais, the Houyoux allowed some
watermill
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powered industry to grow and contributed to the prosperity of the village before it became suburb of Namur.
The average flow of Houyoux measured at Rhisnes, in the municipality of
La Bruyère (watershed ) between 1971 and 2003 was per second. During the same period there has been:
*A maximum average annual rate of in 1981
*A minimum average annual rate of in 1971
References
Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of Namur (province)
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