Bist | |
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Bist near Wadgassen
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Country | France, Germany |
Basin features | |
Main source |
Boucheporn, Moselle, Lorraine 300 m (980 ft) |
River mouth |
Wadgassen, Saarland 185 m (607 ft) 49°16′16″N 6°47′53″E / 49.27111°N 6.79806°ECoordinates: 49°16′16″N 6°47′53″E / 49.27111°N 6.79806°E |
Basin size | 112.8 km2 (43.6 sq mi) |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 26.3 km (16.3 mi) |
The Bist (archaic German: Bießt, French: Bisten) is a river in France and in Germany, and a 26.3-kilometre (16.3 mi) left tributary of the Saar.
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 and northward to join the Saar immediately north of the Autobahn 620 bridge in Wadgassen, Saarland.
The Saar is a tributary of the Moselle, which is a tributary of the Rhine