Meurthe
Bailey bridge over the Meurthe.
Origin	Vosges mountains
Mouth	Moselle 48°46′48″N 6°8′29″E / 48.78°N 6.14139°E / 48.78; 6.14139 (Moselle-Meurthe)Coordinates: 48°46′48″N 6°8′29″E / 48.78°N 6.14139°E / 48.78; 6.14139 (Moselle-Meurthe)
Basin countries	France
Length	161 km
Source elevation	1190 m
Avg. discharge	41 m³/s
Basin area	3,085 km²

The Meurthe is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. Its source is in the Vosges mountains, near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département. It gave its name to the present French département Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former (before the change in the Franco-German border after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870) département Meurthe. It flows into the river Moselle in Pompey near Nancy.

Towns along the river Meurthe include:

• in Vosges: Fraize, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Raon-l'Étape
• in Meurthe-et-Moselle: Baccarat, Lunéville and Nancy

Tributaries include:

• Fave
• Rabodeau
• Plaine
• Vezouze
• Mortagne
• Sânon

[edit] References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Meurthe at the Sandre database

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