Саар өзені: Франция, Германия және Швейцариядағы ағыс жолы

River in France and Germany
the river in Switzerland

The Saar (; saʁ) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams (the Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, which join in Lorquin), that both start near Mont Donon, the highest peak of the northern Vosges. After (129 kilometres; 80 miles in France and on the French German border, and 117 kilometres; 73 miles in Germany) the Saar flows into the Moselle at Konz (Rhineland Palatinate) between Trier and the Luxembourg border. It has a catchment area of
The Saar flows through the following departments of France, states of Germany and towns:
Moselle (F): Abreschviller (Sarre Rouge), Lorquin, Sarrebourg, Fénétrange
Bas Rhin (F): Sarre Union
Moselle (F): Sarralbe, Sarreguemines
Saarland (D): Saarbrücken, Völklingen, Wadgassen, Bous, Saarlouis, Dillingen, Merzig
Rhineland Palatinate (D): Saarburg, Konz. On the banks of the Saar is the UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte. At Mettlach the Saar passes the well known Saar loop. The lower Saar in Rhineland Palatinate is a winegrowing region of some importance, producing mostly Riesling. Until the early 20th century, much more wine was grown on the banks of the Saar, reaching much further up from the mouth of the river, up to Saarbrücken. Only in the early 21st century have some enterprising farmers from the Saarland area started experimenting with winegrowing again. The name Saar stems from the Celtic word sara (streaming water), and the Roman name of the river, saravus.

Tributaries of the Saar are, from source to mouth: At Sarreguemines the Canal de la Sarre (also navigable for Class I ships) connects the Saar since 1866 with the Marne–Rhine Canal at Gondrexange.