Vert River
Encyclopedia
The Vert, is a left tributary of the Gave d'Oloron
, that drains the Barétous in the High-Béarn
(Pyrénées-Atlantiques
), in the Southwest of France
. It flows into the gave
in Moumour
, downstream from Oloron-Sainte-Marie
.
Vert means 'green' in French
, but the river name, Bert in 1467, is related to the Gascon
word barta that means 'floodplain
'.
The Vert is formed in Aramits
from the confluence of:
Gave d'Oloron
The Gave d'Oloron is a river of south-western France near the border with Spain. It takes its name from the city Oloron-Sainte-Marie, where it is formed from the rivers Gave d'Aspe and Gave d'Ossau.It joins the Gave de Pau in Peyrehorade...
, that drains the Barétous in the High-Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...
(Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
), in the Southwest of 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 flows into the gave
Gave (stem)
The French word gave is a generic name referring to torrential rivers, in the west side of the Pyrenees. In the central part of the Pyrenees, the name neste has the same function....
in Moumour
Moumour
Moumour is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, downstream from Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The town of Oloron-Sante-Marie is positioned at the junction of two rivers and has a population of approximately 12,000. While not spectacular, it is a pleasant looking town, with an ancient quarter,...
.
Vert means 'green' in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, but the river name, Bert in 1467, is related to the Gascon
Gascon language
Gascon is usually considered as a dialect of Occitan, even though some specialists regularly consider it a separate language. Gascon is mostly spoken in Gascony and Béarn in southwestern France and in the Aran Valley of Spain...
word barta that means 'floodplain
Floodplain
A floodplain, or flood plain, is a flat or nearly flat land adjacent a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls and experiences flooding during periods of high discharge...
'.
The Vert is formed in Aramits
Aramits
Aramits is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-History:Home to Henri d'Aramitz, Aramis in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père.-External links:* in French...
from the confluence of:
- (R) the Vert d'AretteAretteArette is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-Geography:Arette is located in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. It is one of the six communes of the canton of Aramits; the other five are Ance, Aramits , Féas, Issor et Lanne-en-Barétous...
, Larron in 1589, from the Chousse Plateau, below the Pic de Guillers (1 597 m), - (L) the Vert de Barlanès, from Issarbe and Lanne-en-BarétousLanne-en-BarétousLanne-en-Barétous is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
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