Ousse (Gave de Pau)
Ousse Ruisseau de l'Ousse |
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Wash house in Nousty, next to the river (in the background) |
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Water code | FR : Q51-0430 | |
location | France , Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions | |
River system | Adour | |
Drain over | Gave de Pau → Gaves Réunis → Adour → Atlantic Ocean | |
source | in the municipality of Bartrès 43 ° 6 ′ 52 ″ N , 0 ° 3 ′ 14 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 488 m | |
muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Pau and Gelos in the Gave de Pau Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 22 ″ W 43 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 22 ″ W |
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Mouth height | approx. 172 m | |
Height difference | approx. 316 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 7.5 ‰ | |
length | approx. 42 km |
The Ousse is a river in France that runs in the Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It rises in the municipality of Bartrès , dehydrated generally to the northwest by the department of Hautes-Pyrenees and Pyrenees-Atlantiques , reached the metropolitan area of Pau and ends after about 42 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Pau Gelos as a right tributary of the Gave de Pau .
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Loubajac
- Lamarque-Pontacq
- Pontacq
- Barzun
- Livron
- Espoey
- Soumoulou
- Nousty
- Artigueloutan
- Ousse
- Idron
- Bizanos
- Pau