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Saar (river)
river in France and Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Saar (French: Sarre) is a river in northeastern France (Grand Est) and western Germany (Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate). It is a right tributary of the Moselle River. It rises in the Vosges Mountains in Grand Est and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier.
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Location | |
Countries | France and Germany |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sarre Blanche |
- location | Vosges mountains, Bas-Rhin |
- coordinates | 48°31′37″N 7°09′45″E |
- elevation | ±800 m (2,600 ft) |
2nd source | Sarre Rouge |
- location | Vosges mountains, Moselle |
- coordinates | 48°32′05″N 7°10′05″E |
- elevation | ±670 m (2,200 ft) |
Mouth | |
- location | Moselle |
- coordinates | 49°42′5″N 6°34′11″E |
Length | 246 km (153 mi) |
Basin size | 7,431 km2 (2,869 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 75 m3/s (2,600 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
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The first written mention of the Saar, in Latin language as Saravus, is found in the poem Mosella by the Roman poet Decimus Magnus Ausonius.[1]