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From Plainpalais to Arve

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The  Arve   river  flows for approximately 100 km (62 miles) through  France , in the  département  of  Haute-Savoie , and (for a few kilometers) in  Switzerland . It is a left tributary of the  Rhône . Rising in the  Graian Alps , close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many  glaciers  of the  Chamonix  valley (mainly the  Mer de Glace ) before flowing north-west into the Rhône on the west side of  Geneva , where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers. The Arve flows through  Chamonix ,  Sallanches ,  Cluses ,  Bonneville ,  Annemasse  and Geneva.