Échez
| Échez | |
|---|---|
 | |
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Hautes-Pyrénées |
| Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
• coordinates | 43°28′25″N 0°1′53″E / 43.47361°N 0.03139°E |
| Length | 64 km (40 mi) |
| Basin size | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Échez (French pronunciation: [eʃɛs]; Occitan: Eishés) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in the Southwest of France. It is 64.2 km (39.9 mi) long.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Échez rises in Sère-Lanso (east of Lourdes) and flows north along the Adour, which it joins in Maubourguet. It flows through Tarbes and Vic-en-Bigorre.
Main tributaries
[edit]- (R) Aube,
- (L) Jeune,
- (R) Gespe, in Tarbes,
- (L) Souy,
- (L) Géline, from the plateau of Ger
- (L) Lis, from Ger.
References
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