Definitions for "Saale"
a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxon Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fränkische Saale). The Franconian Saale is a right-bank tributary of the Main, in Lower Franconia. This article is about the larger, and better known Saxon Saale (sometimes called the Thuringian Saale), left tributary of the Elbe.