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The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France , tributary of the Adour . It takes its name from the city Pau . Its length is 180 km. Its source is in the Pyrenees mountains, in the cirque of Gavarnie. The Gave de Pau receives its main tributary, the Gave d'Oloron in Peyrehorade. The 10 km stretch between the mouth of the Gave d'Oloron and the confluence with the Adour is called Gaves Réunis (united Gaves). The Murray River in Australia. ...
The Adour (Basque: Adur) is a river in southwestern France. ...
Château de Pau Pau is a city of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. ...
Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ...
A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley of glacial origin, formed by glacial erosion at the head of the glacier. ...
départements and towns: The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
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Pau is a town of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département . Pau was the capital of the former province of Béarn. Pau was traditionally the season opener but selecting mid February as the date for the 1933 GP was to challenge the fate and the race took place in a snowstorm with sludge making the conditions into one of the worst ever in racing history.
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