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MOSEL (Fr. Moselle)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 895 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOSEL (Fr. Moselle) , a See also:river of See also:France and See also:Germany, a See also:left-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Rhine. It rises at an See also:altitude of 2411 ft. on the See also:west flank of the See also:Vosges, See also:close to the Franco-See also:German frontier, and a little N. of the Ballon d'See also:Alsace. It flows first N.W. through the See also:French See also:department of Vosges, bends towards N. through that of Meurthe-et-Moselle, forms the Franco-German frontier for a See also:short distance below Pagny, and enters See also:Lorraine. From Sierck to Wasserbillig it forms the frontier between the Rhine See also:Province and See also:Luxemburg, then, turning N.E., it follows a sinuous course and reaches the Rhine at See also:Coblenz. The See also:principal towns on the See also:banks of the Mosel are, in France: See also:Remiremont, Epinal, See also:Toul and Ponta-Mousson; in Germany: See also:Metz, See also:Diedenhofen, See also:Trier (Treves) and Coblenz. The Mosel receives the See also:waters of the Moselotte, Meurthe, Seille and See also:Saar (its principal tributary) on the right, and the Madon, See also:Orne and Sauer on the left. See also:Navigation for small vessels extends downwards from Fronard, a little below See also:Nancy, the Mosel See also:canal affording communication from a point above Metz to the frontier. In the See also:lower See also:part of the valley are the vineyards from which the well-known Mosel wines are produced. The valley of the Mosel, especially the part between Trier and Kochem, is noted both for picturesque scenery and for many sites, of antiquarian See also:interest. The length of the river is 314 m: MOSELLE-See also:LINE, the designation of a line of French barrier forts (forts d'arret) on the upper Moselle between the fortresses of Epinal and See also:Belfort (see these articles, also See also:MEUSE LINE and articles referred to therein). The purpose of this line, the See also:separate forts of which command the relatively few lines of advance from upper Alsace through the Vosges, is to deflect a possible German invasion from Alsace either towards Belfort or towards the open See also:gap between Epinal and Toul called the Trouee d'Epinal.

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