Ousse (Gave de Pau)

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Ousse
Ruisseau de l'Ousse
Wash house in Nousty, next to the river (in the background)

Wash house in Nousty, next to the river (in the background)

Data
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
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
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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ Ruisseau de l'Ousse at SANDRE (French)