Bidouze

Infobox River | river_name = Bidouze


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origin = Arbailles
mouth = Adour
coord|43|31|52|N|1|12|48|W|name=Adour-Bidouze|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 82 km
elevation =
discharge =
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The Bidouze [or "Bidouse", "Bedose", "Bidose" (1316), "Bidoze"] , is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France.

Geography

The Bidouze rises at the base of "Eltzarreko Ordokia" in the Arbailles massif. It drains the east of the Lower Navarre, crossing Saint-Palais (the main town). Then it flows into the Adour in Guiche.

Name

The name of the Bidouze can be compared with other Aquitanian placenames as "Vidouze" (in the northeast of the Hautes-Pyrénées), "Bedous" or "Bidos" (both in the Aspe Valley)…

Départements and towns

* Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Larceveau, Saint-Palais, Came, Bidache, Guiche.

Main tributaries

* (L) "Hoztako ur handia", from Hosta
* (L) "Laminosina", from Ibarrolle
* (L) "Artikaiteko erreka", from Utziate
* (R) "Babatzeko erreka", from Juxue
* (R) "Izpatxuriko erreka", union of "Pagolako uhaitza" and "Lambarreko erreka"
* (L) Joyeuse, from Iholdy
* (R) "Azkabi", from Lohitzun
* (R) "Ehulondo", from Berraute
* (L) "Mihurrieta", from Béguios
* (R) "Lauhirasse", from Sussaute
* (L) "Ihiburu > Lihoury" ["Ihiburu" means 'end of the rushes'; the name known a long drift: "Hiburi, Hihouri" and "Lihoury" by agglutination of the romance article.] , union of 3 small rivers: "Apʰatarena" [Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées, 1863.] "(Patarena)", "La Harane" [La Haranne on the map of cassini; from basque "Harana" 'the valley'.] and "Arbelua > Arbéroue" ["Arbeloa" in 1264; the basque strong -L- becomes regularly -r- in gascon: Arberoa / Arbéroue.] .

References and notes

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q8--0250.php?cg=Q8--0250 The Bidouze at the Sandre database]