Adour
Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour
Origin	High-Bigorre
Mouth	Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	France
Length	335 km
Source elevation	2,200 m
Avg. discharge	150 m³/s
Basin area	16,880 km²

Map of the Adour River

The Adour (Basque: Aturri) is a river in southwestern France, rising in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees) and flowing into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is 335 km long. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2988x1032, 713 KB) The river Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-lAdour (France). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aire-sur-lAdour Aire-sur-lAdour is a small town and commune in the Landes département, in the Aquitaine région of France. ... [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bigorre (Gascon: Bigòrra) is a historically independent county, and later a province of France, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, in the Pyrenees, in southwest France. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... Image File history File links Adour-en. ... Image File history File links Adour-en. ... Basque (native name: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ... Bigorre (Gascon: Bigòrra) is a historically independent county, and later a province of France, located in the upper watershed of the Adour, in the Pyrenees, in southwest France. ... Central Pyrenees. ... Map of the Bay of Biscay. ... Bayonne (French: Bayonne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...

Places along the river

Départements and towns along the river include: The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...

• Hautes-Pyrénées: Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tarbes, Maubourguet
• Gers: Riscle
• Landes: Aire-sur-l'Adour, Dax, Tarnos
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Bayonne

Hautes-Pyrénées is a département in southwestern France. ... Bagnères-de-Bigorre is a commune of southwestern France, in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Location within France Tarbes is a French town and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. ... Gers is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gers River. ... Landes is a département in southern France. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aire-sur-lAdour Aire-sur-lAdour is a small town and commune in the Landes département, in the Aquitaine région of France. ... Dax is a commune of Aquitaine in southwestern France, sous-préfecture of the Landes département. ... Tarnos is a commune of the Landes département in southwestern France. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ... Bayonne (French: Bayonne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...

Tributaries

Tributaries include:

• Échez
• Arros
• Gave de Pau
• Nive

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