Gabas (river)

Gabas
The Lac du Gabas reservoir near Luquet
Data
Water code	FR :  Q13-0400
location	France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions
River system	Adour
Drain over	Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Ossun 43 ° 12 ′ 16 ″  N , 0 ° 3 ′ 47 ″  W
Source height	approx.  445  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Toulouzette in the Adour coordinates: 43 ° 45 ′ 43 ″  N , 0 ° 42 ′ 10 ″  W 43 ° 45 ′ 43 ″  N , 0 ° 42 ′ 10 ″  W
Mouth height	approx.  19  m
Height difference	approx. 426 m
Bottom slope	approx. 3.6 ‰
length	117 km
Left tributaries	Goua de Michou, Laudon
Right tributaries	Bas
Reservoirs flowed through	Lac du Gabas

The Gabas is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises in the municipality of Ossun , on the Ger plateau , between the towns of Pau and Tarbes . The river generally drains north to northwest and flows into the Adour as a left tributary after 117 kilometers in the municipality of Toulouzette . On its way, the Gabas crosses the Hautes-Pyrénées , Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes departments .

Places on the river

• Luquet
• Gabaston
• Escoubès
• Miossens-Lanusse
• Pimbo
• Samadet
• Coudures
• Saint-Sever
• Montaut
• Toulouzette

Web links

Commons : Lac du Gabas reservoir  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
2. ↑ ^{a b} The information on the river length is based on the information about the Gabas at SANDRE (French), accessed on September 2, 2009, rounded to full kilometers.