Sauer (Rhine)

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Sauer
Sauer (Rhine) is located in FranceSauer (Rhine)Show map of FranceSauer (Rhine) is located in Grand EstSauer (Rhine)Show map of Grand Est
Location
CountriesGermany and France
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPalatine Forest
Mouth 
 • locationRhine
 • coordinates48°54′55″N 8°9′25″E / 48.91528°N 8.15694°E / 48.91528; 8.15694
Length~85 km (53 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionRhineNorth Sea

The Sauer is a river in France (Alsace) and Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate). A left tributary of the river Rhine, its total length is about 85 kilometres (53 mi), of which 64 km (40 mi) in France. Its upper course, in Germany, is called Saarbach. Its source is in the Palatinate forest, near the French border, south of Pirmasens. It flows into France near Schœnau, and continues through Wœrth and north of Haguenau. It flows into the Rhine in Seltz, opposite the mouth of the Murg.

Tributaries

References

  1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Sauer (A3--0110)".


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