The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river

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...

 of 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

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Geography

It rises at Goizbide in the woods above Ustaritz

Ustaritz

Ustaritz is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located some 13 km inland from Bayonne....

 and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle

Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France....

, where it is known as the Apalagako erreka.
It collects waters from the Alhorgako Erreka and drains the plain of Belhardi in the north of Ahetze

Ahetze

Ahetze is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:* -External links:*...

, before flowing into the 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...

 in Bidart

Bidart

Bidart is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It is located in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.-References:* -External links:* Information available in Spanish...

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Name

Its name Uhabia is the regular evolution of ur habia

Habia (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 translated as 'course of the water'.

Main tributaries

• Barrandiko Erreka, from Othe xuria,
• Alhorgako Erreka, from Zirikolatz.