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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.

Adour
Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour
Native name	L'Adour (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	High-Bigorre
• elevation	2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Mouth
• location	Atlantic Ocean
• coordinates	43°31′46″N 1°31′25″W
Length	308 km (191 mi)
Basin size	16,880 km2 (6,520 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	150 m3/s (5,300 cu ft/s)

Places along the river

Départements and towns along the river include:

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

Tributaries

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

• Adour de Gripp (also Adour du Tourmalet, 15 km)
• Adour de Lesponne (19 km)
• Échez (64 km)
• Arros (130 km)
• Léez (56 km)
• Gabas (117 km)
• Midouze (151 km)
• Louts (86 km)
• Luy (154 km)
• Gave de Pau (191 km)
• Bidouze (82 km)
• Aran (48 km)
• Ardanabia (26 km)
• Nive (79 km)

References

External links

• Commission Européenne—Natura 2000: Cartographie du Barthes de l'Adour—(in French) — maps of the Adour and Adour Basin.
• Natura 2000 Sites d'Intérêt Communautaire par la France: Barthes de l'Adour — (in French)
• Adour Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine—(in French) — website homepage.
• European Commission: official Natura 2000 Network website— — "the centrepiece of EU nature & biodiversity policy."

На других языках

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[de] Adour

Der Adour (baskisch Aturri) ist ein Fluss im Südwesten Frankreichs, der in den Regionen Okzitanien und Nouvelle-Aquitaine verläuft.

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- [en] Adour

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[es] Río Adur

El río Adur (en euskera: Aturri, en francés: Adour, en occitano: Ador) atraviesa el suroeste de Francia. Su curso mide 309,2 km, en los que el caudal medio que arrastra es de 350 m³/s. Nace en el macizo de Néouvielle, en los Pirineos, en el departamento de los Altos Pirineos (65), y desemboca al océano Atlántico, en el golfo de Vizcaya, tras pasar por la ciudad de Bayona. Era junto con Bilbao el centro de la industria de la construcción naval en la costa cantábrica.

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[it] Adour

L'Adour (in occitano guascone Ador, in basco Aturri) è un fiume francese del bacino aquitano nel sud ovest della Francia. Nasce in tre piccoli torrenti dal massiccio del Pic du Midi de Bigorre, dal massiccio dell'Arbizon e dal massiccio del Lascours, nei Pirenei, nel dipartimento degli Alti Pirenei, si forma nella valle di Campan in Alta Bigorre e sbocca nell'Oceano Atlantico, dopo aver percorso 335 km[1] ed aver attraversato la città di Bayonne.

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[ru] Адур

Аду́р (фр. Adour, окс. Ador, баск. Aturri) — река на юго-западе Франции, протекает по департаментам Верхние Пиренеи, Пиренеи Атлантические, Ланды и Жер. Длина реки — 335 км, площадь бассейна — 16 927 км²[1]. Река судоходна до города Сен-Север, но своё значение как транспортная артерия утратила. Используется для орошения; ГЭС[2].

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