. "The Saale (German pronunciation: [\u02C8za\u02D0l\u0259]), also known as the Saxon Saale (German: S\u00E4chsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (German: Th\u00FCringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine."@en . .