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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 954 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SAAR , a See also:

river of See also:Germany, a right-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Mosel. It rises in the Donon, an See also:eminence of the See also:Vosges, See also:close to the Franco-See also:German frontier, and flows at first See also:north, then north-See also:west and finally north again to its junction with the Mosel at Konz. Its length is 143 M. The See also:middle See also:part of its valley is an important See also:industrial See also:district, with See also:coal-mines and a variety of manufactures; the Saar wines are also well known. The See also:principal towns on the Saar are See also:Saargemund, See also:Saarbrucken and St Johann (which See also:face each other across the river), See also:Saarlouis and See also:Saarburg. The river is navigable up to Saargemund, a distance of 75 M. From here there is connexion with the See also:Rhine-See also:Marne See also:canal by way of the Saar canal, built in 1862, and 40 M. in length, following the Saar valley upwards for about See also:half that distance.

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