Sauer
River in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany
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The Sauer in
Echternach
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Reference no. | DE: 262 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Source region: In the Ardennes on the soil of Libramont-Chevigny near the Planchipont farm ( Belgium ) |
• elevation | ca. 510 m (1,670 ft) |
Mouth | |
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location
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Between Wasserbilligerbrück ( Germany ) and Wasserbillig ( Luxembourg ) into the Moselle |
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coordinates
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49°42′49″N 6°30′24″E / 49.7135889°N 6.5066861°E / 49.7135889; 6.5066861 |
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elevation
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ca. 133 m above NHN |
Length | 173 km (107 mi) |
Basin size | 4,259 km 2 (1,644 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | at its mouth [1] |
• average | 53.8 m 3 /s (1,900 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Moselle → Rhine → North Sea |
River system | Moselle |
The Sauer ( German and Luxembourgish , German pronunciation: [ˈzaʊ̯ɐ] ( listen ) , Luxembourgish: [ˈzɑʊɐ] ) or Sûre ( French , French pronunciation: [syʁ] ( listen ) ) is a river in Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany . A left tributary of the Moselle , its total length is 173 kilometres (107 mi) .
Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer flows eastwards and becomes the border with Luxembourg near Martelange . It forms the border between Belgium and Luxembourg for 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Martelange. West of Esch-sur-Sûre it flows into an artificial lake, the Upper Sûre Lake created by the Esch-sur-Sûre Dam , which gives its (French) name to the Luxembourgian commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre . After flowing through Ettelbruck and Diekirch , the Sauer forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany for the last 50 kilometres (31 mi) of its course, passing Echternach before emptying into the Moselle in Wasserbillig . The rivers Wiltz , Alzette , White Ernz , Black Ernz , Our , and Prüm are tributaries.
References
- ↑ Added gauge data from Bollendorf (Sauer), Prümzurlay (Prüm) und Alsdorf-Oberecken (Nims), increased by the remaining catchment area (199 km²) with a conservatively estimated mq of 10
External links
Media related to Sauer at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and French) The Obersauer Nature Park
Tributaries of the river
Moselle
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