Échez
Encyclopedia
The Échez, is a left tributary of the Adour
, in the Hautes-Pyrénées
, in the Southwest of France
.
) and flows north along the Adour
, which it joins in Maubourguet
. It flows through Tarbes
and Vic-en-Bigorre
.
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 Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-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...
.
Geography
The Échez rises in Sère-Lanso (east of LourdesLourdes
Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...
) and flows north along 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...
, which it joins in Maubourguet
Maubourguet
Maubourguet is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
. It flows through Tarbes
Tarbes
Tarbes 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....
and Vic-en-Bigorre
Vic-en-Bigorre
Vic-en-Bigorre is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...
.
Main tributaries
- (R) Aube,
- (L) Jeune,
- (R) Gespe, in 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....
, - (L) Souy,
- (L) Géline, from the plateau of Ger
- (L) Lis, from GerGer, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesGer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
.