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Country
  
France

River mouth
  
Adour

Basin size
  
947 km (366 sq mi)

Discharge
  
9 m³/s

Main source
  
Baronnies of Pyrenees

Progression
  
Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

Length
  
131 km

Mouth
  
Adour

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The Arros (Occitan: Arròs), is a right tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France.

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Name

The name Arros is based on the root Arr- 'stone' and the suffix -os.

Geography

The Arros rises in the Baronnies of Pyrenees, southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, below the Signal de Bassia (1 921 m).

It flows north through a narrow valley defended by the castle of Mauvezin and the bastide of Tournay. It joins the Adour before it turn west, upstream from Riscle.

Départements and towns

  • Hautes-Pyrénées: Bourg-de-Bigorre, Tournay, Chelle-Debat
  • Gers: Montégut-Arros, Villecomtal-sur-Arros, Plaisance.

    • Main tributaries

  • (L) Esqueda, from Banios
  • (L) Luz, from Lies
  • (L) Arredou, in Tournay
  • (L) Arret Daban or Arret Devant,
  • (L) Arret Darré, in Gonez
  • (R) Bouès, from Capvern

    • References

    Arros (river) Wikipedia
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