Moselle River

This article is about the river in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. For the river in England, see River Moselle (London).

Moselle
The Moselle River
Origin	Vosges mountains
Mouth	Rhine 50°21′58″N 7°36′25″E
Basin countries	France, Germany, Luxembourg
Length	545 km (338.66 mi)
Source elevation	715 m (2,346 ft)
Avg. discharge	290 m³/s
Basin area	28,286 km² (10,921.29 sq mi)

The Moselle River (German: Mosel) is a river which flows through France and Luxembourg, then becomes part of the Rhine River after it flows into Germany. It is 545 kilometres (338.66 miles) long.

Important cities at the Moselle river are Metz, Thionville, Trier, Bernkastel-Kues and Koblenz.

The valley of the Moselle river is famous for the wine of Elbling, Riesling, and Müller-Thurgau - grapes in the wine growing region Moselle-Saar-Ruwer.

Tributaries

From the left: Madon, Terrouin, Esch, Rupt de Mad, Orne, Fensch, Gander, Syre, Sauer, Kyll, Salm, Lieser, Alf, Endert, Brohlbach, Elz.

From the right: Moselotte, Vologne, Meurthe, Seille, Saar, Olewiger Bach, Avelsbach, Ruwer, Feller Bach, Dhron, Ahringsbach, Kautenbach, Lützbach, Flaumbach, Altlayer Bach, Baybach, Ehrbach.

Other websites

• German page

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