Key facts
- Countries
- France and Germany
- Source
- Sarre Blanche
- Location
- Vosges mountains , Bas-Rhin
- Coordinates
- 48°31′37″N 7°09′45″E / 48.52694°N 7.16250°E / 48.52694; 7.16250 ( Sarre Blanche )
- Elevation
- ±800 m (2,600 ft)
- 2nd source
- Sarre Rouge
- Length
- 246 km (153 mi)
- Basin size
- 7,431 km (2,869 mi )
- Average
- 75 m /s (2,600 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Moselle → Rhine → North Sea
via Wikipedia infobox
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Bridge over the Saar at Saarbrücken The Saar ( German: [zaːɐ̯] ; French: Sarre [saʁ] ) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams (the Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, which join in Lorquin), that both start near Mont Donon, the highest peak of the northern Vosges. After 246 kilometres (153 mi) (129 kilometres; 80 miles in France and on the French-German border, and 117 kilometres; 73 miles in Germany) the Saar flows into the Moselle at Konz (Rhineland-Palatinate) between Trier and the Luxembourg border. It has a catchment area of 7,431 square kilometres (2,869 mi).
Course of the Saar (1703) The Saar flows through the following departments of France, states of Germany and towns: