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River mouth
  
Gave d'Oloron

Source
  
Pic du Midi d'Ossau

Country
  
France

Length
  
48 km

Mouth
  
Gave d'Oloron

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Main source
  
Pic du Midi d'Ossau 1,008 m (3,307 ft)

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

Cano kayak sur le gave d ossau


The Gave d'Ossau is the torrential river flowing through the Ossau 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'Ossau, France

It is formed in Gabas from the confluence of two gaves coming from both sides of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau:

  • the Gave de Bious, from the Pic d'Astu (west)
  • the Gave du Brousset, from the Anéou Circus (east).

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

    Throughout its length, the river is paralleled by the D934 road that runs from Pau to Spain, via the Col du Pourtalet.

    In Castet, a dam forms the Lac de Castet.

    Main tributaries

  • (R) Gave de Soussouéou
  • (L) Gée from the Coig Arras, in the Gorges du Bitet
  • (R) Valentin, from Gourette
  • (R) Cély, from the Col d'Aubisque
  • (L) l'Arrioutort, in Laruns
  • (R) Canceigt.
  • (R) Sourde, in Aste.
  • (L) Arriou Mage, in Bielle.
  • (R) Lau.

    • Départements and towns

  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Gabas, Eaux-Chaudes, Laruns, Béost, Aste-Béon, Gère-Bélesten, Bielle, Castet, Louvie-Juzon, Izeste, Arudy, Oloron-Sainte-Marie.

    • References

    Gave d'Ossau Wikipedia
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