- Louts
Infobox River | river_name = Louts
caption =
origin = North of Pau
mouth =Adour
coord|43|44|27|N|0|56|1|W|name=Adour-Louts|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France
length = 86 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed =The Louts, is a left tributary of the
Adour , inAquitaine , in the Southwest ofFrance .Name
The name "Louts" could be related to the Basque cognate
lohizun 'marsh'.Fact|date=October 2007 It is documented in medieval Latin as "Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium" [("Gallia Christiana "12th century ; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).] .Geography
The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through
Chalosse and joins the Adour, inHinx .Départements and towns
*
Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
* Landes :Hagetmau , Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.References
*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q30-0400.php?cg=Q30-0400 The Louts at the Sandre database]
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