Seille
The Seille at Vic-sur-Seille
Origin	Azoudange, Moselle
Mouth	Moselle River
Basin countries	France
Length	135 km
Avg. discharge	10.5 m³/s
Basin area	1348 km²

The Seille (pronunciation: [sɛj]) is a river in the French région of Lorraine, originating near Azoudange, in the département of Moselle. It is also known as the Seille lorraine or the Grande Seille ("large Seille"), to distinguish it from another Seille, a small tributary of the Saône. Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... The Moselle (French Moselle, German Mosel, from Latin Mosella, little Meuse) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany, joining the Rhine river at Koblenz. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... The River Thames in London River running into Harrietville Trout Farm A river is a large natural waterway. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Capital Metz Land area¹ 23,547 km² Regional President Jean-Pierre Masseret (PS) (since 2004) Population  - Jan. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... A tributary (or confluent/affluent) is a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea. ... The Saône is a river of eastern France. ...

Leaving the Lindre pond, it skirts the town of Dieuze, and traverses Vic-sur-Seille and Nomeny, before flowing into the Moselle at Metz. It is 135 km long, and has a basin area of 1348 km². The majority of its length is in the département of Moselle, serving as the border between Chambrey and Aulnois-sur-Seille (both in Moselle), leaving briefly to enter into the département of Meurthe-et-Moselle before returning to Moselle near Cheminot. Dieuze is a town and commune in the Moselle département, Lorraine région in northeastern France. ... The Moselle (French Moselle, German Mosel, from Latin Mosella, little Meuse) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany, joining the Rhine river at Koblenz. ... For other uses of Metz, see Metz (disambiguation) City motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) City proper (commune) Région Lorraine Département Moselle (57) Mayor Jean-Marie Rausch Area 41. ... Border stone at Passo San Giacomo between Val Formazza in Italy and Val Bedretto in Switzerland Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or subnational administrative divisions. ... Meurthe-et-Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers. ...

Upstream

The Old Seille at Marsal. This secondary branch was the principal bed before canalization efforts in the 18^th & 19^th centuries.

Originating in the Pond region, the Seille then crosses Saulnois, a region in the South of Moselle. This section of the river is part of the Parc naturel régional de Lorraine ("Regional Natural Park of Lorraine"). The river then flows into a large valley, the ground of which is composed mainly of marl and clay. Since the Middle Ages, there has been much work performed on the Seille, in part to straighten it (to render it navigable), to drain the nearby swamps, and to limit flooding of adjacent low-lying areas. Marls are calcium carbonate or lime rich muds or mudstones which contain variable amounts of clays and calcite or aragonite. ... The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of natural clays. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A river or canal is Navigatable if the water is deep and wide enough, and not flowing too fast. ... A freshwater swamp A swamp is a wetland that features permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hummocks, or dry-land protrusions. ... Look up flood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Its linear course and the treelessness of its banks makes it of little interest to the landscape, and today the erosion of its banks poses problems. Despite this, the valley is of biological interest: salt water resurgences have led to the presence of various plant species that are usually confined to coast lines, including glasswort, aster tripolium, and sea-spurreys. Biology (from Greek βίος λόγος, see below) is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. ... Salt water may refer to: Saltwater, the name of a single released by UK electronic musician Chicane For information on water from a sea or ocean, see sea water For information on the concept of saltiness of a body of water, see salinity For information on salt water aquariums, see... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Rugged coastline of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ... Species See text For the Australian species also referred to as glassworts, see Halosarcia The glassworts comprise the genus Salicornia of succulent, salt tolerant plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. ... Spergularia is a genus of the Caryophyllaceae family, and consists of sea-spurreys. ...

As of 2004, work is being done on the river: the banks of the river are being reforested, and an oxygenation system is being installed. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Biodiversity on a 15-year-old reforested plot of land. ... Oxygenation refers to the amount of oxygen in a medium. ...

The Seille has a number of tributaries, the most important of which are: A tributary (or confluent/affluent) is a stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea. ...

• the Spin and the Verbach, in Dieuze (right bank)
• the ruisseau de Videlange (lit. "brook of Videlange"), near Mulcey (right bank)
• the Nard, in Marsal (left bank)
• the Petite Seille (lit. "Small Seille"), in Salonnes (right bank)
• the Loutre Noire (lit. "Black Otter"), in Moncel-sur-Seille (left bank)

Downstream

Downstream, the Seille is much less straight, following a contorted path along the border of the département of Moselle. The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ...

This section of the river has comparatively few tributaries:

• the Osson, at Ajoncourt
• the ruisseau Saint-Jean (lit. "St. John brook"), in Létricourt (right bank)
• the ruisseau Saint-Pierre (lit. "St. Peter brook")

Finally, in Metz, after passing the Porte des Allemands (a 13^th century castle, lit. "Gate of the Germans"), it flows into the right bank of the Moselle River. For other uses of Metz, see Metz (disambiguation) City motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) City proper (commune) Région Lorraine Département Moselle (57) Mayor Jean-Marie Rausch Area 41. ... The Moselle (French Moselle, German Mosel, from Latin Mosella, little Meuse) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany, joining the Rhine river at Koblenz. ...

Flora and Fauna

The river is classified as "Category II" (categories are based on types of fish), and is the habitat for a very large variety of fish. It is also home to a variety of other animals, such as otters, herons, and caterpillars. The Seille suffers from eutrophication. The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... Genera Otters are aquatic or marine carnivorous mammals, members of the large and diverse family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. ... Genera See text. ... The striking caterpillar of the Emperor Gum Moth This article is about insect larva. ... Eutrophication is apparent as increased turbidity in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, imaged from orbit. ...

Toponymy

Numerous towns and villages incorporate the name of the river into theirs. Some examples include: Aboncourt-sur-Seille, Aulnois-sur-Seille, Bey-sur-Seille, Brin-sur-Seille, Coin-sur-Seille, Haraucourt-sur-Seille, Mailly-sur-Seille, Malaucourt-sur-Seille, Moncel-sur-Seille, Morville-sur-Seille, Port-sur-Seille, and Vic-sur-Seille. The suffix "sur-Seille" means "on the Seille" in French, and the practice is analogous to the English place names that incorporate river names, such as Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ...

Trivia

• The French une seille is a common noun, and can be translated into English as "a bucket".

A noun, or noun substantive, is a part of speech (a word or phrase) which can co-occur with (in)definite articles and attributive adjectives, and function as the head of a noun phrase. ... A bucket with a handle (grip) and spout. ...

External Links

• Photos and History of the Seille