What is Saar (river)?
{{Infobox river | name = Saar | image = Saarschleife.jpg | image_caption = Saar loop at Mettlach | map = Sarre.png | source1 = Sarre Blanche | source1_location = [[Vosges mountains]], [[Bas-Rhin]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|48|31|37|N|7|09|45|E|name=Sarre Blanche|display=inline}} | source2 = Sarre Rouge | source2_location = [[Vosges mountains]], [[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] | source2_coordinates = {{coord|48|32|05|N|7|10|05|E|name=Sarre Rouge|display=inline}} | mouth_location = [[Moselle]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|49|42|5|N|6|34|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | progression = {{RMoselle}} | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = [[France]] and [[Germany]] | length = {{convert|246|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = ±{{convert|800|m|ft|abbr=on}} | source2_elevation = ±{{convert|670|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|75|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|7431|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} }} The '''Saar''' ({{lang-fr|Sarre}}) is a [[river]] in northeastern [[France]] ([[Grand Est]]) and western [[Germany]] ([[Saarland]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]). It is a right tributary of the [[Moselle River]]. It rises in the [[Vosges|Vosges Mountains]] in Grand Est and flows northwards into the Moselle near [[Trier]]. The first written mention of the Saar, in [[Latin language]] as ''Saravus'', is found in the poem ''Mosella'' by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[poet]] [[Ausonius|Decimus Magnus Ausonius]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php?title=Ausonius_Mosella |title=Wiki text and translation of the poem Mosella |access-date=2013-11-05 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417001731/https://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php?title=Ausonius_Mosella |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Geography== [[Image:Quelle der roten saar.jpg|thumb|left|Source of the Red Saar]] [[Image:Quelle der weissen saar.jpg|left|thumb|Source of the White