Bos (Adour)
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Bos Ruisseau du Bos |
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 The river at Benquet |
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| Water code | FR : Q1250500 | |
| location | France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region | |
| River system | Adour | |
| Drain over | Adour → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Maurrin 43 ° 45 ′ 43 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 4 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 94 m | |
| muzzle | in the municipality of Aurice in the Adour coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 26 ″ N , 0 ° 36 ′ 24 ″ W 43 ° 46 ′ 26 ″ N , 0 ° 36 ′ 24 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 28 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 66 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 27 km | |
| Right tributaries | Lagralote, Lacrauste | |
The Bos is a river in France that runs in the Landes department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It has its source in the municipality of Maurrin , generally drains towards the west-southwest and flows into the Adour after around 27 kilometers in the southern municipality of Aurice , just on the border with the neighboring municipality of Saint-Sever , as a right tributary .
Name of the river
The river changes its name several times in its course. These are (in the direction of flow):
- Ruisseau des Longs
- Ruisseau Saint Jean
- Ruisseau Saint Christau
- Ruisseau du Bos
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Maurrin
- Bordenave , Bascons Parish
- Artassenx
- Miquelat , Bascons Parish
- Brittany-de-Marsan
- Nouville , municipality of Bretagne-de-Marsan
- Benquet
- Saint Cristau , municipality of Benquet
- Pavillon du Bos , Bas-Mauco municipality
- Tambourin , municipality of Aurice
- Baliden , parish of Saint-Sever
Web links
Commons : Bos - collection of images, videos and audio files
