The Amblève (
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, ) or Amel (
German
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, ) is a long river in eastern
Belgium
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in the province of
Liège
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.
It is a right tributary of the river
Ourthe
The Ourthe (; Walloon: ''Aiwe d' Oûte'') is a long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia, Belgium.
River
It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Ourthe is formed at the confluence of the ''Ourthe Occidentale'' (Western Ourthe) and the '' ...
. It rises near
Büllingen
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in the
High Fens
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or ''Hoge Venen'' (
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), ''Hohes Venn'' (
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), and ''Hautes Fagnes'' (
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), close to the border with
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.
Tributaries of the Amblève are the rivers
Chefna,
Ninglinspo,
Warche
The Warche is a river in eastern Belgium (province of Liège).
From its source at Losheimergraben on the Belgian- German border, it flows roughly west about , across the south of the Hautes Fagnes region.
It passes through the town of Malmedy, ...
,
Eau Rouge
The Eau Rouge is a small, stream in the Belgian province of Liège. It is a right tributary of the Amblève.
It starts in the Hautes Fagnes ("High Fens") and ends in Challes, near Stavelot in the river Amblève. The French words mean "re ...
,
Salm and
Lienne. The Amblève flows through the towns of
Amel
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,
Stavelot
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The municipality consists of the following districts: Francorchamps and Stavelot.
It is best known as the home of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit a ...
,
Trois-Ponts
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On January 1, 2006, Trois-Ponts had a total population of 2,445. The total area is 68.90 km² which gives a populati ...
, Remouchamps, and
Aywaille
Aywaille (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2012, Aywaille had a total population of 11,697. The total area is 80.04 km2 which gives a population density of 146 inhabitants per km2. ...
. The Amblève joins the river
Ourthe
The Ourthe (; Walloon: ''Aiwe d' Oûte'') is a long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia, Belgium.
River
It is a right tributary to the river Meuse. The Ourthe is formed at the confluence of the ''Ourthe Occidentale'' (Western Ourthe) and the '' ...
in
Comblain-au-Pont
Comblain-au-Pont (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
As of 1 January 2014 Comblain-au-Pont had a total population of 6,754. The total area is 22.68 km2 which gives a population density of 237 inh ...
.
Sites
At the village of Coo (near Trois-Ponts) is the
Coo Waterfall
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, which at tall is not the highest but one of the better known waterfalls in
Belgium
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. The waterfall was created artificially in the 18th century when local monks cut through a bend in the river to feed a watermill. The dried out river bed is now used as the lower storage basin for the
Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station
The Coo-Trois-Ponts Hydroelectric Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in Trois-Ponts, Province of Liege, Belgium. Located next to the Amblève River, one of the few sites where 250+ meter local elevation can be ...
.

A curiosity of
Lorcé, a nearby village, is the unusual design of the dam located at a place called "Fang-Naze" or "Fagne-Naze." Built between 1928 and 1932, it captures about of water, which is then led through a long tunnel cut out of the hill, before falling into the turbines of the power plant "Heid Ile" at
Nonceveux
Nonceveux () is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Aywaille, district of Sougné-Remouchamps, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Geography
The village is situated inside a meander of the Amblève. Nonceveux is located on t ...
part of
Aywaille
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On 1 January 2012, Aywaille had a total population of 11,697. The total area is 80.04 km2 which gives a population density of 146 inhabitants per km2. ...
.
On the right bank near
Sprimont
Sprimont (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Dolembreux, Gomzé-Andoumont, Louveigné, Rouvreux, and Sprimont.
Other villages: Banneux, Damré, ...
is the site of the
Belle Roche cave
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, the oldest known place of human occupation of the
Benelux
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(dating back about 500,000 years).
The "Fond de Quareux" stretch of the river near Nonceveux is listed as one of Wallonia's Major Heritage sites.
References
External link
Site of the Walloon regional archives. Flooding of the Ambleve in January 1995.
Rivers of the Ardennes (Belgium)
Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of Wallonia
Rivers of Liège Province
Comblain-au-Pont
Trois-Ponts
Stavelot
Rivers of the Eifel
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