Louet (Adour)

Louet
The river at Vidouze
Data
Water code	FR :  Q04-0400
location	France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions
River system	Adour
Drain over	Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Gardères 43 ° 16 ′ 18 ″  N , 0 ° 5 ′ 56 ″  W
Source height	approx.  391  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse in the Adour coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′ 45 ″  N , 0 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  W 43 ° 35 ′ 45 ″  N , 0 ° 0 ′ 46 ″  W
Mouth height	approx.  129  m
Height difference	approx. 262 m
Bottom slope	about 6 ‰
length	44 km
Right tributaries	Carbouère, Layza

The Louet is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises under the name Ruisseau de Pissaca in the municipality of Gardères , generally drains in a northerly direction and flows into the Adour after 44 kilometers in the municipality of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse as a left tributary . On its way, the Louet crosses the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées departments , and this is where the emphasis is placed, as the river touches not only the core area of ​​Hautes-Pyrénées, but also some enclaves of this department in the neighboring Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Gardères
• Seron
• Escaunets
• Moor
• Vidouze
• Lascazères
• Castelnau-Rivière-Basse

Web links

Commons : Louet  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ ^{a b} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Louet at SANDRE (French), accessed on July 23, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.