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  Origin Lorraine
  Mouth Saar
  Basin Countries France , Germany
  Length 114 km
  Discharge 13 m³/s
  Watershed 1,370 km&2


The Nied is a River in Lorraine , France , and Saarland , Germany , left tributary of the Saar River . It has two headstreams, the ''Nied allemande'' ("German Nied") and the ''Nied française'' ("French Nied"), that join in Condé-Northen .

The Nied française is the bigger of the two, 59 km long, with its source near Morhange . Another town on the Nied française is Pange . The Nied allemande is 57 km long, with its source in Seingbouse , east of Saint-Avold . Another town on the Nied allemande is Faulquemont .

The united Nied is 55 km long, of which 16 km in Germany. It flows through Bouzonville , and joins the Saar in Rehlingen-Siersburg .