Rossel (Saar)

River in Germany

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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

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* List of rivers of Saarland

## References

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

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