The Midouze is a right tributary of the Adour

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 Landes, in the Southwest of France

France

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Name

The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou

Midou

The Midou or Midour is the left precursor of the Midouze, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

 and the Douze

Douze

The Douze is the right precursor of the Midouze, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Douze rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

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Geography

The Midouze is the union of the Midou

Midou

The Midou or Midour is the left precursor of the Midouze, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

 (or Midour) and the Douze

Douze

The Douze is the right precursor of the Midouze, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Douze rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

. These two rivers rise in the Gers

Gers

The 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:...

 département (in the historical region of Armagnac

Armagnac (region)

The hilly countship of Armagnac , in the foothills of the Pyrenées between the Adour and Garonne rivers, is a historic countship of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine...

) and join in Mont-de-Marsan

Mont-de-Marsan

Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.Mont-de-Marsan airbase « Constantin Rozanoff » is a major installation of the French Air Force. The base includes CEAM , an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control...

. After a course of 43 km, the Midouze flows into the Adour

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...

 downstream from Tartas

Tartas

Tartas is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-References:* Based on the article in the French Wikipedia....

. It has a length of 151 km from the source of the Midou.

Main tributaries

• (R) Estrigon, from Labrit
  Labrit
  Labrit is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne...
  
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• (R) Bez (Midouze)
  Bez (Midouze)
  The Bez is a right tributary to the Midouze River in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. Its name is similar to that of Baïse. The Bez has its origins in the northern Morcenx where it collects the waters of Brassenx. It joins the Midouze River in Saint-Yaguen...
  
  , from Morcenx
  Morcenx
  Morcenx is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-Geography:Commune situated in the grande-Lande in the Landes forest on the Bez.Access by the A63 freeway, exit 14 Onesse-et-Laharie.-History:...
  
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