Adour

Adour

Adour

River in southwestern France

For the turbine engine, see Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour.

The Adour (French pronunciation: [aduʁ]; Basque: Aturri; Occitan: Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is 308.3 kilometres (191.6 mi) long,[1] of which the uppermost ca. 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) is known as the Adour de Payolle. At its final stretch, i.e. on its way through Bayonne and a short extent upstream, the river draws the border between the Northern Basque Country and Landes regions.

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Places along the river

Départements and towns along the river include:

Tributaries

a scow on the Adour in Bayonne in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.

The main tributaries of the Adour are, from source to mouth:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Adour (Q---0000)".
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