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Rossel (Saar)

Coordinates: 49°14′45″N 6°50′23″E / 49.2458°N 6.8397°E

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Rossel

Course of the Rosselle
Location
Countries	France and Germany
Region	Grand Est
State	Saarland
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	49°08′16″N 6°36′36″E / 49.13778°N 6.61000°E / 49.13778; 6.61000
• elevation	309 m (1,014 ft)

Mouth
• location	Saar
• coordinates	49°14′45″N 6°50′23″E / 49.2458°N 6.8397°E / 49.2458; 6.8397
• elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Length	38 km (24 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Saar→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea

Rossel (French: Rosselle; German: Rossel) is a river flowing on the border of the department of Moselle (France) and Saarland (Germany). It rises in Longeville-les-Saint-Avold near the border of France and Germany and flows northwards into the Saar near Völklingen. Its course within France and on the French-German border is 32.8 km (20.4 mi) long.^[1]

Towns along the Rossel are:

in France: Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, Boucheporn, Saint-Avold, Macheren, Betting, Hombourg-Haut, Freyming-Merlebach, Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, Cocheren, Rosbruck, Morsbach, Forbach, Petite-Rosselle
in Germany: Großrosseln, Völklingen and Saarbrücken

See also

List of rivers of Saarland

References

^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau la Rosselle (A95-0200)".

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