Adour
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River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It rises in High-Bigorre
Bigorre
Bigorre is region in southwest France, historically an independent county and later a French province, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, part of the larger region known as Gascony...
(Pyrenees
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
), at the Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet is the highest road in the central Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. Luz-Saint-Sauveur is at the bottom of the western side.Tourmalet is also a...
, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
(Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal, and is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish...
) near Bayonne
Bayonne
Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
. It is 324 kilometres (201.3 mi) long, of which the uppermost 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e. on its way through Bayonne and a short extent upstream, the river draws the borderline between the Northern Basque Country
Northern Basque Country
The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country situated within the western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques constitutes the north-eastern part of the Basque Country....
and Landes regions.
Places along the river
Départements and towns along the river include:- Hautes-PyrénéesHautes-PyrénéesHautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
: Bagnères-de-BigorreBagnères-de-BigorreBagnères-de-Bigorre is a French commune in the south-western Hautes-Pyrénées department, of which it is a sub-prefecture.-Notable people:Bagnères-de-Bigorre was the birthplace of:*Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke...
, TarbesTarbesTarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants....
, MaubourguetMaubourguetMaubourguet is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*... - GersGersThe Gers is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.Inhabitants are called les Gersois or Gersoises.-History:...
: RiscleRiscleRiscle is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*... - Landes: Aire-sur-l'AdourAire-sur-l'AdourAire-sur-l'Adour is a commune in the Landes département in Aquitaine in south-western France.It lies on the river Adour in the wine area of southwest France. It is an episcopal see of the Diocese of Aire and Dax. The nearest large towns are Mont-de-Marsan to the north and Pau to the...
, DaxDax, LandesDax is a commune in Aquitaine in south-western France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department.It is particularly famous as a spa, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar ailments....
, TarnosTarnosTarnos is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.... - Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
: BayonneBayonneBayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture...
Tributaries
Tributaries include:- ÉchezÉchezThe Échez, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Échez rises in Sère-Lanso and flows north along the Adour, which it joins in Maubourguet...
- ArrosArros-River:* The Arros River, one of the main tributaries of the Adour, in the Southwest of France-Communes:* Arros-de-Nay, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department* Asasp-Arros, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department...
- LéezLéezThe Léez , is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Léez rises near Sedzère in the north of the plateau of Ger...
- Gabas
- MidouzeMidouzeThe Midouze , is a right tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Name :The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou and the Douze.- Geography :...
- LoutsLoutsThe Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour, in Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France.- Name :The name Louts could be related to the Basque cognate lohizun 'marsh'...
- LuyLuyThe Luy, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Luy is the union of two neighboring rivers, the Luy de Béarn in the south, and the Luy de France, the main course. Both rise in Béarn, at the base of the plateau of Ger, east of Pau.They flow...
- Gave de PauGave de PauThe Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France and a left tributary of the Adour. It takes its name from the city Pau, through which it flows. The river is in length, and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains....
- BidouzeBidouzeThe Bidouze, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country , in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Bidouze rises at the base of Eltzarreko Ordokia in the Arbailles massif....
- Aran
- ArdanabiaArdanabiaThe Ardanabia is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, Southwest France.- Geography :...
- NiveNiveThe Nive is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre...