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Oster (Blies)
The Oster is a river of Saarland, Germany. It flows into the Blies near Neunkirchen. Course The Oster originates in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park, a little west-northwest of Oberkirchen. It flows from the Oster spring, southeast of the Füsselberg and northwest of the Mittelberg, in the northern foothills of the Weiselberg. Initially, the Oster, flows along the Ostertal Railway from Fürth east to Oberkirchen and then south through the place where it the Oberkirchen Talbrücke crosses. From then on the stream continues in this direction to Hoof and then along the B420 via Marth and Niederkirchen to Werschweiler, where it leaves the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park. It then flows through Dörrenbach and Fürth to Hangard. Finally, the Oster, now flowing westward for its last few kilometers, joins the south-flowing Blies at Wiebelskirchen after a total drop of . History After being straightened over long stretches in the 1930s, 60s, and 70s, the Oster has been renaturalized piece ...
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Blies
The Blies (; ) is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany ( Saarland) and northeastern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ... ( Moselle). The Blies flows from three springs in the Hunsrück near Selbach, Germany. It is roughly 100 km long, ending in the French city of Sarreguemines. It flows through Sankt Wendel, Ottweiler, Neunkirchen, Bexbach, Homburg and Blieskastel (Blieskastel being named after the river). Its lower extent demarcates part of the Franco–German border. The section within France and on the French-German border is long. Tributaries Tributaries of the Blies are, from source to mouth: * Todbach (left) * Oster (left) * Mutterbach (right) * Erbach (left) * Lambsbach (left) * Schwarzbach (left) * Würzbach (right) * H ...
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ...
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Saarland
Saarland (, ; ) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the smallest in population apart from Bremen. Saarbrücken is the state capital and largest city; other cities include Neunkirchen and Saarlouis. Saarland is mainly surrounded by the department of Moselle (Grand Est) in France to the west and south and the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany to the north and east; it also shares a small border about long with the canton of Remich in Luxembourg to the northwest. Having long been a relatively small part of the long-contested territories along the Franco-German linguistic border, Saarland first gained specific economic and strategic importance in the nineteenth century due to the wealth of its coal deposits and the heavy industrialization that grew as a result. Saarland was first est ...
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Neunkirchen, Saarland
Neunkirchen (; ) is a town and a municipality in Saarland, Germany. It is the largest town in, and the seat of the Neunkirchen (German district), district of Neunkirchen. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 20 km northeast of Saarbrücken. With about 50,000 inhabitants, Neunkirchen is Saarland's second largest city. Overview The name of the town derives from "An der neuen Kirche" meaning "by the new church" not from "nine churches" as one might be tempted to assume. In the past, Neunkirchen's economy has been shaped almost exclusively by coal and steel. With the decline of this industry sector, Neunkirchen's economy had to face drastic changes and underwent a significant shift towards the service and retail sector, although smaller industries still remain. History Early history The earliest settlements in the area can be dated back to 700 BC. The oldest part of the town is the village of Wiebelskirchen north of the town centre; its name has been recorded as early as ...
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Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
The Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park () was established in 1980 and covers an area of just under 2,000 km² in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The authority responsible for the nature park is the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park Society (''Verein Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück'') with its headquarters in Hermeskeil. In Hermeskeil the society runs an "experience museum" and one of six information centres. Towns and villages In the Saarland, the nature park lies wholly within the town boroughs and local municipalities of Perl (Mosel), Perl, Mettlach, Losheim am See, Merzig, Weiskirchen, Wadern, Beckingen, Rehlingen-Siersburg, Wallerfangen, Nonnweiler, Tholey, Nohfelden, Oberthal (Saar), Oberthal, Namborn, St. Wendel and Freisen. It also lies partly on the territories of Lebach, in its municipalities of Dörsdorf (Lebach), Dörsdorf and Steinbach (Lebach), Steinbach, the municipality of Schmelz (Saar), Schmelz, in its parishes of Dorf im Bohnental, Dorf, Limbach (Sch ...
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Weiselberg
The Weiselberg is a hill in the North Palatine Uplands near Oberkirchen in the Saarland county of St. Wendel. The Weiselberg is covered in forest, especially on its upper slopes and is a habitat for rare species of plant. It was made a nature reserve in 1950. Geography Location The Weiselberg is located in the southeastern part of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park immediately west of the village of Oberkirchen through which flows the Blies tributary of the Oster which rises on the north-northwest of the hill. Oberkirchen itself is in the municipality of Freisen. To the west-northwest rises the Leichweilerbach, a left-hand headstream of the ''Betzelbach''. To the south is the ''Weiseler Born'', the source of the Oster tributary, the ''Wilmesbach''. The northern hill spur of the Weiselberg is the roughly -high Mittelberg, whose terrain transitions into the hill of Hochrech. Natural regions The Weiselberg lies in the natural regional major unit group of the Saar-Nahe ...
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Renaturalisation
Land restoration, which may include renaturalisation or rewilding, is the process of restoring land to a different or previous state with an intended purpose. That purpose can be a variety of things such as what follows: being safe for humans, plants, and animals; stabilizing ecological communities; cleaning up pollution; creating novel ecosystems; or restoring the land to a historical condition, for example how indigenous people managed the land. Ecological destruction or degradation, to which land restoration serves as an antidote, is usually the consequence of human influence's intended or unintended consequences. This can include pollution, deforestation, salination, or species endangerment, among many more. Land restoration is not the same as land reclamation, where existing ecosystems are altered or destroyed to give way for cultivation or construction. Land restoration can enhance the supply of valuable ecosystem services that benefit people. Initial steps In order to ...
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List Of Rivers Of Saarland
A list of rivers of Saarland, Germany: B *Bickenalb *Bist (river), Bist *Blies *Bos (Nahe), Bos E *Ellbach (Saar), Ellbach *Erbach (Blies), Erbach F *Franzenbach G *Gailbach (Blies), Gailbach *Glan (Nahe), Glan H *Hetschenbach *Holzbach (Hochwald), Holzbach I *Ill (Saarland), Ill K *Köllerbach (Saar), Köllerbach L *Lambsbach *Leukbach *Löster M *Mandelbach (Blies), Mandelbach *Moselle *Mutterbach (Blies), Mutterbach N *Nahe (Rhine), Nahe *Nied O *Oster (Blies), Oster P *Prims R *Rohrbach (Saar), Rohrbach *Rossel (Saar), Rossel S *Saar (river), Saar *Schwarzbach (Blies), Schwarzbach T *Theel *Todbach W

*Wadrill *Würzbach {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivers of Saarland Rivers of Saarland, Saarland-related lists Lists of rivers of Germany, Saar ...
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Rivers Of Saarland
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape ar ...
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