Broussau

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Broussau
Data
Water code FRQ1100530
location France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions
River system Adour
Drain over Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the parish of Garlin
43 ° 33 ′ 36 ″  N , 0 ° 17 ′ 17 ″  W
Source height approx.  204  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Aire-sur-l'Adour and Duhort-Bachen in the Adour coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ 9 ″  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 43 ″  W, 43 ° 43 ′ 9 ″  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 43 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  72  m
Height difference approx. 132 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.6 ‰
length approx. 20 km
Reservoirs flowed through Lac de Lamenchaou, Lac de Latrille, Lac de Broussau
Small towns Aire-sur-l'Adour

The Broussau is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises under the name Ruisseau de Lagrave the hamlet Medge , in the western municipality of Garlin , dehydrated generally in a northerly direction along the A65 motorway and ends after 20 kilometers of the municipal boundary of Aire-sur-l'Adour and Duhort-sows as left Tributary into the Adour . The Broussau rises in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department , then changes to the Landes department and, for a short stretch, also forms the border with the Gers department .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • Medge , municipality of Garlin ( Dép.Pyrénées -Atlantiques)
  • Sarron
  • La Carrérade , municipality of Saint-Agnet
  • Lamenchaou , Latrille Municipality
  • Latrille
  • Daugat , municipality of Ségos (Dép. Gers)
  • Pourin , municipality of Aire-sur-l'Adour
  • Lourine , municipality of Aire-sur-l'Adour
  • Le Houns de la Lanne , municipality of Aire-sur-l'Adour
  • Laffitau , municipality of Aire-sur-l'Adour
  • Langlès , municipality of Duhort-Bachen

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Broussau at SANDRE (French)