Alzette River

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The Alzette River is a major river in Luxembourg and northeastern France that flows through key cities including Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette before joining the Sauer.

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Label Occurrences
Alzette River canonical 10
Alzette River (vicinity) 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
associatedCity Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City
basinCountry France
Luxembourg
country France
Luxembourg
crossesBorderBetween France
Luxembourg
flowsDirection generally northward
flowsThrough Esch-sur-Alzette
Ettelbruck
Hesperange
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City

Mersch
hasTributary Attert River
Mamer River NERFINISHED
Mess River NERFINISHED
Pétrusse River NERFINISHED
Wark River NERFINISHED
importance important watercourse in northeastern France
major river of Luxembourg
languageOfName French
German
Luxembourgish
length approximately 73 km
lengthInLuxembourg majority of total length
locatedIn Luxembourg
surface form: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Western Europe
northeastern France
mouthLocation near Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
mouthOf Sauer River
passesThroughRegion Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette
surface form: Esch-sur-Alzette Canton

Lorraine
Canton of Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg Canton
riverSystem Moselle River basin
Rhine River Basin
surface form: Rhine River basin

Sauer River basin
sourceLocation Thil, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
tributaryOf Sauer River
usedFor landscape and urban planning in Luxembourg City
recreation
valleyName Alzette
surface form: Alzette Valley

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Esch-sur-Alzette locatedOn Alzette River
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg traversedBy Alzette River
subject surface form: Luxembourg City
Berg Castle nearbyRiver Alzette River
Ettelbruck locatedAtConfluenceOf Alzette River
Canton of Luxembourg locatedOn Alzette River
Clausen locatedOnRiver Alzette River
Grund crossedBy Alzette River
Bock Casemates locatedOnRiver Alzette River
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg traversedBy Alzette River
subject surface form: Colmar-Berg
Château de Berg (French) locatedOnRiver Alzette River
subject surface form: Château de Berg
this entity surface form: Alzette River (vicinity)
Schlass Bierg (Luxembourgish) locatedNear Alzette River
subject surface form: Schlass Bierg