Béez

Infobox River | river_name = Béez


caption =
origin = South of Pau
mouth = Gave de Pau
basin_countries = France
length = 24 km
elevation = 1400 m
discharge =
watershed =

The Béez [also known as "Béès" or "Bez"] , is a left tributary of the Gave de Pau, in Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It flows into the gave upstream from Pau, between the Ouzoum and the Luz.

Name

The name "Béez", which presents some parallelism with those of the Léez or the Néez, is in fact a variant of the name of the Baïse.

The names of the "Bès", a tributary of the neighboring Luz, and of the "Bez", a tributary of the Midouze, are related.

Geography

The Béez rises on the slopes of the "Pic Durban" (1 700 m) where it is known as the "Bazest, Baseigt" or "Baset". It flows north into the Gave de Pau in Nay.

Départements and towns

* Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Pé-de-Hourat, Capbis, Nay.

Main tributaries

"Baseigt" / "Baset"
* (R) the "Izou", from the "Izou Pass" (847 m),
* (L) the "Cau de Heus""Béez"
* (L) the "Lestarrès" / "Lestarrezoû", from Louvie-Juzon.
** (R) the "Escourreix"
* (R) the "Soulens", from the "Sarramayou" (491 m).
* (L) the "Landistou", from Sainte-Colome, Lys and Bruges.

Notes and references

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q50-0400.php?cg=Q50-0400 The Béez at the Sandre database]