Meuse
From Openwaterpedia
The Meuse (French: la Meuse; Dutch: Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of 925 km.
Open Water Swimming
- It is site of the Roermond City Swim, a 500m, 1 km and 2km river swim and charity swim held in river Roer (Rur) and river Maas (Meuse) in Roermond, Netherlands that benefits the Toon Hermans Huis Roermond, a house for cancer patients, survivors and their friends and relatives. It is part of the Global Swim Series held in August that is one of the World's Top 100 River Swims.
- It is site of the Winter Swimming Across The Meuse River (or Eau Froide - Eau Libre de Huy or Traversée Hivernale da la Meuse or Traversée hivernale de la Meuse or La traversée hivernale de la Meuse à la nage, a cross-river swimming competition held in February in Huy, Belgium that is an International Winter Swimming Association-sanctioned event. It is one of the World's Top 100 River Swims.
External links
- Traversée Hivernale da la Meuse
- Winter Swimming Across The Meuse River
- Mariia Yrjö‐Koskinen, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honoree
- International Winter Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Roermond City Swim, Global Swim Series
- Roermond City Swim
- Global Swim Series, Roermond City Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
