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Rio Adour
Sign in to saveThe Adour (; ; ) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. is known as the Adour de Payolle. At its final stretch, i.e. on its way through Bayonne and a short extent upstream, the river draws the border between the Northern Basque Country and Landes regions.
The Adour is a river in southwestern France that starts in the Pyrenees mountains and flows westward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near the city of Bayonne. In its final section near Bayonne, it marks the boundary between two regions: Northern Basque Country and Landes.
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- Adour
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- Aire-sur-l-Adour-adour.jpg
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- Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour
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- 250
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- Adour River watershed (Interactive map)
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- High-Bigorre
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- Atlantic Ocean
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- France
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- discharge
- 350
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Adour
- origin of the watercourse
- La Mongie
- mouth of the watercourse
- Atlantic Ocean
- category for the water basin
- Category:Adour basin
- watershed area
- 16912
- lake on watercourse
- Lac de Payolle
- topic's main category
- Category:Adour
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Article · Português
O rio Adour(em basco: Aturri, em occitano: Ador) é um rio do sudoeste de França, que nasce nos Pirenéus junto do Col du Tourmalet, e desagua no oceano Atlântico, na Baía da Biscaia, perto de Bayonne. Tem 324 km de comprimento, dos quais os 15 km iniciais são conhecidos como Adour du Tourmalet. Na parte final do seu percurso faz de fronteira entre o País Basco francês e o departamento de Landes. Entre as localidades banhadas pelo rio Adour encontram-se as seguintes: * No departamento de Hautes-Pyrénées: Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tarbes, Maubourguet * No departamento de Gers: Riscle * No departamento de Landes: Aire-sur-l'Adour, Dax, Tarnos * No departamento de Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Bayonne Entre os seus afluentes estão os rios , , , , , , , , , , e .
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