River system of the Moselle

Catchment area of the Moselle

The river system of the Moselle is characterized by the fact that it flows from a high low mountain range into the Lorraine basin, which is only slightly subdivided by hills , and from this into another low mountain range, the Rhenish Slate Mountains , which it however at a measured distance from the mountain ranges of the Hunsrück and the Eifel crosses.

Its upper right tributaries, which come parallel to it from the Vosges , are almost as rich in water (the Moselotte even significantly richer) and almost as long as the Moselle at its mouth. The two longest tributaries reach the Moselle (which is now much longer there) soon after it enters the Rhenish Slate Mountains. The Sauer with all its tributaries and the northern tributaries of the Saar drain these mountains to the south. The Saar and its tributaries transport water from various directions, from the Vosges in the south, from the Palatinate Forest in the east and the Nied from the area between the Saar and the middle Moselle.

Most of the rivers of the Moselle system have a slight gradient, except for the upper reaches. In the rivers that come parallel to the Our and the Lower Sauer as the Eifel, the valley flanks are roughly the same height for long stretches, as the valley floors and the surrounding plateau drop in the same way towards the Moselle. The tributaries from the Hunsrück to the lower Moselle are among the shorter and have the steepest gradients. Their valleys are often only shallow hollows at the foot of the Hunsrück main ridge, but deeply cut just before the Moselle.

The Moselle, its most important tributaries and their most important tributaries from 25 km in length
Representation: Upstream order A body of water flows into that of the river courses listed above, the name of which begins above the indication of the confluence side ("right" / "left") of the flowing water. Arrows are directed downstream and are in front of geographically upper parts of a previously mentioned river course. Lengths given after the slash refer to the course of the river according to the official classification in contrast to the traditional use of the name, or to the scientifically longest flow path in contrast to the officially defined river. Where the flow path from a (secondary) inflow and the main body of water (part from the mouth of the inflow to the mouth of the main body of water ) is longer than the main body of water, the point at which the secondary influx flows is due to its distance from the source or the mouth of the higher-ranking body of water marked. Waters of less than 25 km in particular are included if they are to be regarded as part of a longer watercourse.
Rivers in the following table: > 100 km: 70–100 km:				- Tributaries of tributaries are only in italics in this bar. - Saar • Sauer • Meurthe • Kyll • Seille • Nied Blies • Madon • Our • Vezouze • Prüm • Prims • Orne • Mortagne • Lieser • Alzette
Inflow in the direction of flow seen from			Surname			Location of the mouth	Water number: SANDRE (FR) GKZ (DE)	Length [km]	Catchment area [km²]	mean discharge [m³ / s]
Moselle / Moselle						Koblenz	A --- 0060 DE: 2600000	544, 0	28 153, 0	320, 0
Left	Elzbach					Mosel core	EN: 2696000	058.9	000220.7
right	Flaumbach					Treis cards	EN: 2694000	028.4	000202.9
right	right	Dünnbach ← Deimerbach				900 m from its mouth	DE: 2694800	029.7	00.079.7
Left	Alf					Alf (place)	EN: 2680000	051.9	00,358, 0
Left	Left	Üßbach				Alf	EN: 2684000	048.7	00,185.0
Left	Readers					Lieser community	EN: 2678000	073.6	00,402, 0	003.5
right	Dhron ← Wetzelbach					Neumagen-Dhron	EN: 2676000	036, 0	00,319, 0	001.9
right	Left	Little Dhron				Neumagen-Dhron paper mill	DE: 2676800	028.6	00,137.2
Left	Salm					Kluesserath	EN: 2674000	063.4	00,298.5	002.0
Left	Kyll					Honor	EN: 2660000	142, 0	00,489, 0	009.9
right	Ruwer					Trier-Ruwer / Eitelsbach	EN: 2656000	048.7	00,237.3	001.7
right	Saar , fr. Sarre					Conc	A9-0100 DE: 2640000	235, 0	07 431, 0	078.2
	Left	Nied				Rehlingen-Siersburg	A9--0120 DE: 2648000	055 or 114, , 0	01,390, 0	010.4
		right	Nied Allemande / German Nied			Condé-Northen	A98-0200	057.9	00,366.9	003.6
		↑ Nied Française / French Nied				Condé-Northen	A9-0120	059, 0	00,504, 0	003.9
	right	Prims				Dillingen	EN: 2646000	091, 0	00.073, 0	010.5
	Left	Rossel / Rosselle				near Völklingen - Wehrden	A95-0200 DE: 2644000	038, 0		002.4
	right	Blew				Sarreguemines / Saargemünd	93-0200 DE: 2642000	099.5	01 889,	019.9
		Left	Schwarzbach			Desolate	DE: 2642600	50.6 / 62.8	001,151.5	010.4
			Left	Hornbach / Horn		in Zweibrücken- Bubenhausen	A93-0210 DE: 264268	032.8	00,521.1	004.6
			Left	Rodalb		at Biebermühle	DE: 2642640	025.7	00,116.2
			right	Moss ointment		15.3 km to Schwarzbach-Q.	DE: 264262	025.8
			right	right	Aschbach	14.1 km from its mouth	DE: 2642624	14.4 / 15.5	000060.5
		Left	Easter			Wiebelskirchen	DE: 26422	030.7	00.053, 0	001.5
	right	Acorn				Herbitzheim	A92-0200	032.4	00,288.5	003.1
	Left	Alb				Sarralbe	A91-0200	033.3	00,409.8	003.7
	right	Sarre Rouge / Red Saar				Lorquin	A9010300	026.8	0107	001.9
	^ Sarre Blanche / White Saar					Lorquin	A9-0100	026.2	00.080.4	001.6
Left	Sour / Sûre					Water cheap	EN: 2620000	173, 0	04 259	040.9 or 53.8
	Left	Prüm				Minden	EN: 2628000	95,	00,888.8	008.1
		Left	Nims			Irrel	DE: 2628800	061.4	00,297.7	002.8
		Left	Enz			Holsthum	DE: 2628600	037.9	00,148.5
	Left	Our				Wallendorf	EN: 2626000	096.1	00,668.3	009.4
	Left	Left	Irsen			at Gemünd	DE: 2626800	035.5	00,125.4
	right	Alzette				Ettelbruck	A89-0200	073, 0	01 117,	011, 0
		Left	Wark			Ettelbruck	-	028.4
		Left	Attert			Colmar mountain	-	038.0	00,299.0
		Left	Eisch			Mersch	-	049, 0
		Left	Mamer			Mersch	-	025.6
	Left	Wiltz				Burscheid - Goebelsmühle	-	045, 0
	Left	Left	Klerf / Klierf			Kiischpelt	-	028.3	00.070.0
Left	Syr / Syre					Mertert	-	032, 0	00,207,
right	Canner					King smack	A87-0200	029.4	00,110.3	000.1
Left	Orne					Richemont	A8-0100	085.8	01 268,	012.4
Left	right	Yron				between Jarny and Conflans-en-Jarnisy	A81-0200	037.4	00,380.0	003.7
right	Seille					Metz	A7-0100	137.7	1 348,	10.5
right	right	Petite Seille				south of Salonnes	A76-0200	025.5	00,155.8	001.4
Left	Rupt de Mad					Arnaville	A73-0200	054.6	00,384.8	003.7
Left	Esch					Pont-à-Mousson	A71-0200	046.4	00,239, 0	001.5
Left	Terrouin					Villey-Saint-Etienne	A58-0200	038.9	00,170.5	000.7
right	Meurthe					north of Nancy	A6-0100	160.2	03,085, 0	041.1
	right	Sânon				at Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	A68-0200	048.6	00,291.6	2.8 or 3.1
	right	Vezouze				Luneville	A6-0110	075.1	00,563.4	006.6
	Left	Mortagne				Mont-sur-Meurthe	A6-0120	074.6	000582, 0	006.7
	right	Plaine				Raon-l'Étape	A62-0200	034.3	00,127, 0	002.4
	right	Rabodeau				below Moyenmoutier	A61-0200	025.7	00,153, 0	003.5
Left	Madon					Pont-Saint-Vincent	A5-0100	096.9	01 032, 0	011.1
Left	Left	Brénon				near Autrey	A54-0200	026.3	00,142.3	001.3
right	Vologne					Jarménil	A43-0200	049.6	00,368, 0	009.7
right	Moselotte (more watery)					Remiremont , 43.3 km to the source of the Moselle	A41-0200	048, 0	00,357, 0	013.7

Individual evidence

↑ 15.5 km with a longer tributary Eulenmühlenbach , see Geoportal Wasser Rheinland-Pfalz, map section Rambach with Eulenmühlenbach
↑ Measured value from the last measuring station in Metz: 1,280 km² and 9.77 m³ / s

[1] 15.5 km with a longer tributary Eulenmühlenbach , see Geoportal Wasser Rheinland-Pfalz, map section Rambach with Eulenmühlenbach

[2] Measured value from the last measuring station in Metz: 1,280 km² and 9.77 m³ / s