Gave de Pau
| Gave de Pau | ||
_(1).JPG) On the upper reaches of the river |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : Q --- 0100 | |
| location | France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions | |
| River system | Adour | |
| Drain over | Gaves Réunis → Adour → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the Cirque de Gavarnie , in the Pyrenees 42 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ N , 0 ° 2 ′ 1 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 2600 m | |
| Confluence with Gave d'Oloron | above Peyrehorade and formation of the Gaves Réunis Coordinates: 43 ° 32 '25 " N , 1 ° 5' 26" W 43 ° 32 '25 " N , 1 ° 5' 26" W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 4 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2596 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 14 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 180 km | |
| Catchment area | 2575 km² | |
| Outflow at the Bérenx gauge |
MQ |
82 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | see table | |
| Right tributaries | see table | |
| Medium-sized cities | Pau | |
| Small towns | Lourdes , Orthez | |
 The Gave de Pau in Lourdes |
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The Gave de Pau (in the upper reaches: Gave de Gavarnie ) is a river in southwest France , in the regions of Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Its source stream rises in the Pyrenees National Park , in the so-called Cirque de Gavarnie , at the Col des Sarradets , at an altitude of about 2600 meters. It initially drains to the east, then swings north to northwest and after about 180 kilometers above Peyrehorade it meets the Gave d'Oloron , after which, under the new name Gaves Réunis, they cover the last kilometers to the confluence with the Adour .
Crossed departments
in the Occitania region:
in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:
Places on the river
- Gavarnie
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur
- Pierrefitte-Nestalas
- Argelès-Gazost
- Lourdes
- Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre
- Lstelle-Bétharram
- Coarraze
- Nay
- Pau
- Artix
- Orthez
- Labatut
Tributaries
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Left tributaries: |
Right tributaries: |
See also
- Gave , explanation of the term
Web links
Commons : Gave de Pau - collection of images, videos and audio files
Remarks
- ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Gave de Pau at SANDRE (French), accessed on August 10, 2011, rounded to full kilometers. The information there has been reduced by an estimated 12 kilometers, as the river Gaves Réunis is also included here.
- ↑ a b hydro.eaufrance.fr (station: Q5501010 , option: Synthèse )