Blies
Sign in to saveThe Blies (; ) is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany (Saarland) and northeastern France (Moselle). The Blies flows from three springs in the Hunsrück near Selbach, Germany. It is roughly 100 km long, ending in the French city of Sarreguemines. It flows through Sankt Wendel, Ottweiler, Neunkirchen, Bexbach, Homburg and Blieskastel (Blieskastel being named after the river). Its lower extent demarcates part of the Franco–German border. The section within France and on the French-German border is long.
Key facts
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- Blies
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- File:Blies bei Blieskastel 2012-05-08.JPG
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- The Blies at Blieskastel
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- Saarland
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- Saar
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- Countries
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- Oster, Schwarzbach
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- Tributaries
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The Blies (; ) is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany (Saarland) and northeastern France (Moselle). The Blies flows from three springs in the Hunsrück near Selbach, Germany. It is roughly 100 km long, ending in the French city of Sarreguemines. It flows through Sankt Wendel, Ottweiler, Neunkirchen, Bexbach, Homburg and Blieskastel (Blieskastel being named after the river). Its lower extent demarcates part of the Franco–German border. The section within France and on the French-German border is long.
==Tributaries== Tributaries of the Blies are, from source to mouth: Todbach (left) Oster (left) Mutterbach (right) Erbach (left) Lambsbach (left) Schwarzbach (left) Würzbach (right) Hetschenbach (left) Gailbach (left) Mandelbach (right)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blies” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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