Meuse

The first longest river in Top 10 Longest Rivers in Belgium that Toplist wants to introduce to you is Meuse. The Meuse, also known as the Maas, is a major European river that originates in France and flows through Belgium and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea via the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It is 925 kilometers long in total (575 miles).

The Meuse rises in Pouilly-en-Bassigny, commune of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse on the Langres plateau in France, and flows north past Sedan (the navigation head) and Charleville-Mézières into Belgium.

The Sambre joins it at Namur. The Meuse flows eastward beyond Namur, skirting the Ardennes and passing Liège before turning north. The river then forms part of the Belgian-Dutch border, though the border is further west at Maastricht. In the Netherlands, it flows north through Venlo, close to the border with Germany, then turns west, running parallel to the Waal and forming part of the extensive Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, along with the Scheldt to the south and the Rhine to the north. Near Heusden, the river is divided into the Afgedamde Maas on the right and the Bergse Maas on the left. Amer, which is part of De Bergse Maas, continues the Bergse Maas. The Bergse Maas is still known as Amer, and it is part of De Biesbosch. At Woudrichem, the Afgedamde Maas joins the Waal, the main stem of the Rhine, and flows as the Boven Merwede to Hardinxveld-Giessendam, where it splits into the Nieuwe Merwede and the Beneden Merwede. The Nieuwe Merwede joins the Amer near Lage Zwaluwe, forming the Hollands Diep, which splits into Grevelingen and Haringvliet before emptying into the North Sea.

Length: 925 km (575 mi- shared with France and the Netherlands)