Bist (river)

The Bist (archaic German: Bießt, French: Bisten) is a river in France and in Germany, and a 26.3-kilometre-long (16.3 mi) left tributary of the Saar. It is 26.3 km (16.3 mi) long, of which 15.8 km (9.8 mi) within France and on the French-German border.[1]

Bist
Bist near Wadgassen
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBoucheporn, Moselle, Lorraine
  elevation300 m (980 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Wadgassen, Saarland
  coordinates
49°16′16″N 6°47′53″E
  elevation
185 m (607 ft)
Length26.3 km (16.3 mi)
Basin size112.8 km2 (43.6 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSaarMoselleRhineNorth Sea

The Bist begins near the French village of Boucheporn, Lorraine and flows northeastward to Creutzwald. From there it follows the Franco-German border northward 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to Überherrn, then flows eastward to Werbeln (a district of Wadgassen) and northward to join the Saar immediately north of the Autobahn 620 bridge in Wadgassen, Saarland.[2]

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