Ardanabia
Encyclopedia
The Ardanabia is a left tributary of the Adour
, in the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine
, Southwest France
.
, flows north meandering between Mouguerre
and Briscous
and joins the Adour below Urcuit
.
, that can be analyzed as 'river course in vineyards'.
Adour
The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...
, in the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
, Southwest 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...
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Geography
The Ardanabia rises in the moors of HasparrenHasparren
Hasparren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.The name means 'before or down the rock' in Basque. A resident of Hasparren is known as a 'Haspandar'.-External links:...
, flows north meandering between Mouguerre
Mouguerre
Mouguerre is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:...
and Briscous
Briscous
Briscous is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:*...
and joins the Adour below Urcuit
Urcuit
Urcuit is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:...
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Name
The name Ardanabia proceeds from ardan-habiaHabia (root)
Habia, probably from habe, is an element in river names as:* the Uhabia, a coastal river of the French Basque Country,* the Ardanabia, a left tributary of the Adour....
, that can be analyzed as 'river course in vineyards'.
Départements and towns
- 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 :...
: HasparrenHasparrenHasparren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.The name means 'before or down the rock' in Basque. A resident of Hasparren is known as a 'Haspandar'.-External links:...
, MouguerreMouguerreMouguerre is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:...
, BriscousBriscousBriscous is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:*...
, UrcuitUrcuitUrcuit is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-External links:...
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