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Gave d'Aspe

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Main source
  
Pyrenees, Aspe Circus

Length
  
57 km

Mouth
  
Gave d'Oloron

River mouth
  
Gave d'Oloron

Source
  
Pyrenees

Country
  
France

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Progression
  
Gave d'Oloron→ Gaves réunis→ Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Gave d'Aspe is a torrential river flowing through the Aspe Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the southwest of France.

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Map of Gave d'Aspe, France

It is formed in the Aspe Circus, below the Aspe peak, elevation 2,643 metres (8,671 ft), in Spain.

After joining the Gave d'Ossau, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, it forms the Gave d'Oloron.

Main tributaries

  • (R) Arnousse
  • (L) Gave de Baralet
  • (R) Sescouet
  • (L) Gave de Bélonce
  • (R) Escuarpe, in Cette-Eygun
  • (L) Gave de Lescun
  • (R) Berthe, from Accous
  • (L) Malugar, from Athas
  • (L) Arricq d'Osse
  • (R) Gabarret, aka Gave d'Aydius
  • (R) Barrescou, from the Marie-Blanque Pass
  • (L) Lourdios
  • (R) Ourtau

    • Départements and towns

  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques:

    • References

    Gave d'Aspe Wikipedia
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