Gave d'Oloron
Gave d'Oloron | ||
The creation of the Gave d'Oloron in Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
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Water code | FR : Q --- 0150 | |
location | France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region | |
River system | Adour | |
Drain over | Gaves Réunis → Adour → Atlantic Ocean | |
origin | Confluence of the Gave d'Ossau and Gave d'Aspe in Oloron-Sainte-Marie 43 ° 11 ′ 40 ″ N , 0 ° 36 ′ 28 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 220 m | |
Confluence with Gave de Pau | above Peyrehorade and formation of the Gaves Réunis Coordinates: 43 ° 32 ′ 25 " N , 1 ° 5 ′ 25" W 43 ° 32 ′ 25 " N , 1 ° 5 ′ 25" W |
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Mouth height | approx. 4 m | |
Height difference | approx. 216 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 2.2 ‰ | |
length | approx. 100 km | |
Small towns | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
The Gave d'Oloron is a river in south-western France , in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It is created by the confluence of the Gave d'Ossau and the Gave d'Aspe in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie . It drains to the northwest, flows through the historical province of Béarn and meets the Gave de Pau after about 100 kilometers above Peyrehorade , after which they will cover the last kilometers under the new name Gaves Réunis to the confluence with the Adour . On his way he crosses the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes departments .
Places on the river
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie
- Sauveterre-de-Béarn
- Navarrenx
- Sorde-l'Abbaye , see also Saint-Jean de Sorde Abbey
Tributaries
Left tributaries: |
Right tributaries: |
See also
- Gave , explanation of the term
Web links
Commons : Gave d'Oloron - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Remarks
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The river length of 149 km given on the relevant website sandre.eaufrance.fr/ (accessed on March 6, 2009) cannot be used as the other information indicates that the river sequence Gave de Brousset - Gave d ' Ossau - Gave d'Oloron is described with a common value.