Nez (Gave de Pau)

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Nez
Neez
The river in Jurançon

The river in Jurançon

Data
Water code FR :  Q5210500
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Adour
Drain over Gave de Pau  → Gaves Réunis  → Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Sévignacq-Meyracq
43 ° 6 ′ 53 ″  N , 0 ° 23 ′ 48 ″  W
Source height approx.  480  m
muzzle in the municipality of Jurançon in the Gave de Pau Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 34 "  N , 0 ° 24 ′ 29"  W, 43 ° 17 ′ 34 "  N , 0 ° 24 ′ 29"  W
Mouth height approx.  163  m
Height difference approx. 317 m
Bottom slope approx. 12 ‰
length 26 km
Small towns Gan , Jurançon

The Nez (also spelled Neez ) is a river in France that runs in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises under the name Moundarnas in the municipality of Sévignacq-Meyracq , generally drains in a northerly direction and flows after 26 kilometers in the urban center of Pau , in the municipality of Jurançon, as a left tributary into the Gave de Pau .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Web links

Commons : Nez  - 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 Nez from SANDRE (French), accessed on August 26, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.