- Adour
Infobox River | river_name = Adour
caption = Adour seen from the bridge atAire-sur-l'Adour
origin = High-Bigorre
mouth =Atlantic Ocean
coord|43|31|46|N|1|31|25|W|name=Atlantic Ocean-Adour|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France
length_km = 324
elevation_m = 2200
discharge_m3/s = 150
watershed_km2 = 16880The Adour ( _eu. Aturri) is ariver in southwesternFrance . It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees ), at theCol du Tourmalet , and flows into theAtlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay ) nearBayonne . It is convert|324|km long, of which the uppermost convert|15|km as the "Adour du Tourmalet".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
Tributaries include:
*Échez
*Arros
*Gave de Pau
*Nive References
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q---0000.php?cg=Q---0000 The Adour at the Sandre database]
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