Sura (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 25, 2026 11:03 AM
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History
The Sauer or Sûre river is the ancient Sura. It is located in what is now Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany and is a left tributary of the Moselle. It flows 173 km from Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium and eventually joins the Moselle.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109359
49.8645586405, 6.03081383869
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of La Sûre (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Sura (river) flows into Mosella (river) (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed bridge (Echternach) crosses Sura (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 F3 Sura fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sauer
J. Kunow, C. Haselgrove, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Sura (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109359> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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