Sauer
| Sauer | |
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 The Sauer in Echternach | |
 Path of the Sauer [1] | |
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| Location | |
| Countries | |
| 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 | |
• location | Between Wasserbilligerbrück (Germany) and Wasserbillig (Luxembourg) into the Moselle |
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• elevation | ca. 133 m above NHN |
| Length | 173 km (107 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,259 km2 (1,644 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | at its mouth[1] |
| • average | 53.8 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
| River system | Moselle |
The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish, German pronunciation: [ˈzaʊɐ] <phonos file="De-Sauer2.ogg"></phonos>, Luxembourgish: [ˈzɑʊ̯ɐ] <phonos file="Lb-Sauer.ogg"></phonos>) or Sûre (French, French pronunciation: [syʁ] <phonos file="LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-sûre.wav"></phonos>) 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 Luxembourgish 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and French) The Obersauer Nature Park
Tributaries of the river Moselle | ||
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- Tributaries of the Moselle
- International rivers of Europe
- Sauer basin
- Belgium–Luxembourg border
- Germany–Luxembourg border
- Rivers of the Ardennes (Belgium)
- Rivers of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
- Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rivers of Belgium
- Rivers of Wallonia
- Rivers of Luxembourg (Belgium)
- Rivers of Luxembourg
- Rivers of Ettelbruck
- Diekirch
- Echternach
- Martelange
- Vaux-sur-Sûre
- Rivers of the Eifel
- Rivers of Germany
- Border rivers
- Belgium river stubs
- Europe river stubs
- Luxembourg geography stubs
- Rhineland-Palatinate river stubs