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Nive Errobi |
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The Nive de Béhérobie in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
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Water code | FR : Q9-0250 | |
location | Spain , Navarre Province and France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region | |
River system | Adour | |
Drain over | Adour → Atlantic Ocean | |
source |
Pyrenees , Province of Navarre 43 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ N , 1 ° 10 ′ 50 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 1000 msnm | |
muzzle | in Bayonne in the Adour coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′ 38 " N , 1 ° 28 ′ 26" W 43 ° 29 ′ 38 " N , 1 ° 28 ′ 26" W |
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Mouth height | approx. 4 m | |
Height difference | approx. 996 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 13 ‰ | |
length | approx. 79 km | |
Medium-sized cities | Bayonne | |
Small towns | Ustaritz | |
Navigable | only in the mouth area |
The Nive , Errobi in Basque , is a river that runs mainly in France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . Its source stream Harpéko Erreka rises in the Pyrenees , on the northwest flank of the Mandi-Zar summit (1323 m), just under Spanish territory , in the autonomous province of Navarre . It reaches French territory in the municipality of Estérençuby and is shortly thereafter called Nive de Béhérobie . At Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port it takes up the tributaries Laurhibar and Nive d'Arnéguy and from here on is only called Nive . It generally drains north-west through the French Basque Country and, after a total length of around 79 kilometers, flows into the Adour as a left tributary in the center of Bayonne , just before it flows into the Atlantic .
etymology
Probably from * niv- "water, moist".
Places on the river
Tributaries
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Right tributaries:
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