Gave d'Aspe

Updated on Dec 12, 2024

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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

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.

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.

(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

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