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Béez

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Country
  
France

Length
  
24 km

Mouth
  
Gave de Pau

River mouth
  
Gave de Pau

Source
  
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Main source
  
South of Pau 1,400 m (4,600 ft)

Progression
  
Gave de Pau→ Gaves réunis→ Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Béez, is a left tributary of the Gave de Pau, in Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It flows into the gave upstream from Pau, between the Ouzoum and the Luz.

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Name

The name Béez, which presents some parallelism with those of the Léez or the Néez, is in fact a variant of the name of the Baïse.

The names of the Bès, a tributary of the neighboring Luz, and of the Bez, a tributary of the Midouze, are related.

Geography

The Béez rises on the slopes of the Pic Durban, elevation 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), where it is known as the Bazest, Baseigt or Baset. It flows north into the Gave de Pau in Nay.

Départements and towns

  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Pé-de-Hourat, Capbis, Nay.

    • Main tributaries

    Baseigt / Baset

  • (R) the Izou, from the Izou Pass (847 m),
  • (L) the Cau de Heus

    • Béez

  • (L) the Lestarrès / Lestarrezoû, from Louvie-Juzon.
  • (R) the Escourreix
  • (R) the Soulens, from the Sarramayou (491 m).
  • (L) the Landistou, from Sainte-Colome, Lys and Bruges.

    • References

    Béez Wikipedia
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