- Léez
Infobox River | river_name = Léez
caption =
origin =Vic-Bilh
mouth =Adour
coord|43|41|12|N|0|14|39|W|name=Adour-Léez|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France
length = 56 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed =The Léez ("Leez", "Lées", "Léès", "Lees"), is a left tributary of the
Adour , in the Southwest ofFrance .Name
This name proceeds from an Aquitanian
hydronym "Lez / Liz".Geography
The Léez rises near "Sedzère" in the north of the plateau of Ger. It flows north through the
Vic-Bilh in the east of thePyrénées-Atlantiques and joins theAdour in the French département of theGers , upstream fromAire-sur-l'Adour .Main tributaries
* (L) the Petit-Léez,
* (L) the Gabassot,
* (R) theArcis ,
* (R) the canal of Bernède, long of 2 km, fed by the Adour.References
*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q10-0400.php?cg=Q10-0400 The Léez at the Sandre database]
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