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Gabas (river)

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Main source
  
Plateau of Ger

Progression
  
Mouth
  
Adour

River mouth
  
Adour

Length
  
117 km

Country
  
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The Gabas, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.

Contents

Map of Le Gabas, France

NameEdit

The name Gabas is derived from the French 'gave' (Gascon: 'gabe'), which in the Pyrenees generically describes a small or large watercourse. The river was known as the fluvius gavasensis in 982.

A tributary of the Léez is named the Gabassot, an hypocoristic of Gabas.

GeographyEdit

The Gabas rises in the plateau of Ger in the north of Lourdes, as the union of the Gabastou and the Honrède. It flows north-west like the neighboring rivers: the Luy, the Uzan and the Ousse.

The Gabas crosses the Tursan, in the Landes. It flows into the Adour in Toulouzette, downstream from Saint-Sever.

A dam of 20 million cubic metres (16,000 acre·ft) was built in its upper course to regulate the lowest water level.

Main tributariesEdit

  • (R) the Bayle from Lourenties
  • (R) the Bas, from Geaune
  • (R) the Lescoû, from Saint-Loubouer
  • (L) the Petit Bas, from Pimbo
  • (L) the Laudon, from Hagetmau
  • References

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