Lées (Lannux)

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Lées
Grand Lées
Data
Water code FRQ10-0460
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitania regions
River system Adour
Drain over Lées  → Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Sedzère,
43 ° 21 ′ 6 ″  N , 0 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  W
Source height approx.  348  m
muzzle in the municipality of Lannux in the Lées Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ′ 20 ″  N , 0 ° 14 ′ 11 ″  W 43 ° 38 ′ 20 ″  N , 0 ° 14 ′ 11 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  90  m
Height difference approx. 258 m
Bottom slope approx. 6.6 ‰
length 39 km
Left tributaries Petit Lées , Gabassot

The Lées (in the upper reaches: Grand Lées ) is a river in France that runs through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie regions. It rises in the municipality of Sedzère and generally drains north to northwest. In the vicinity of Mascaraàs-Haron it takes up the Petit Lées tributary from the left and from here on is only called Lées . After a total of 39 kilometers in the municipality of Lannux, it flows as a left tributary into the Lées river of the same name . On its way, the river described here crosses the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gers departments . Over a length of around 1.5 kilometers it also touches the Landes department .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Likelihood of confusion

The term Lées is also used for other toponyms in this environment . In the course of the river described there are the following tributaries of the same name or similar, which must not be confused with the main term:

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on February 1, 2017, rounded to full kilometers.