Moselle

Moselle, The River, rises in the Vosges mountains, and flows north-westerly till reaching Toul, after which it takes an easterly turn and traversing Luxemburg and Rhenish Prussia enters the Rhine at Coblenz. It has a total course of 315 miles, in about a third of which it is navigable. The Meurthe is the chief tributary on the right, and the Orne on the left. • Metz, Thionville, and Trier (Treves), are situated on its banks. The country through which it flows is celebrated for its wines.