Ousse des Bois

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Ousse des Bois
Data
Water code FRQ5230500
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Adour
Drain over Gave de Pau  → Gaves Réunis  → Adour  → Atlantic Ocean
source on the municipal boundary of Soumoulou and Limendous
43 ° 15 ′ 55 ″  N , 0 ° 10 ′ 58 ″  W
Source height approx.  298  m
muzzle in the municipality of Denguin in the Gave de Pau Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 0 ° 30 ′ 29 ″  W 43 ° 21 ′ 7 ″  N , 0 ° 30 ′ 29 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  129  m
Height difference approx. 169 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.3 ‰
length 32 km
Medium-sized cities Pau
Small towns Lons , Lescar

The Ousse des Bois is a river in France that runs in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises under the name Aygue Longue on the municipal boundary of Soumoulou and Limendous , generally drains north-west to west, briefly changes its name again to Oussère , crosses the urban center of Pau and after 32 kilometers flows into the Gave as a right tributary in the municipality of Denguin de Pau .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

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 Ousse des Bois at SANDRE (French), accessed on August 27, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.