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Nive

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Main source
  
Pyrenees

Progression
  
Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

Length
  
80 km

Basin area
  
1,030 km²

Mouth
  
Adour

River mouth
  
Adour

Basin size
  
1,030 km (400 sq mi)

Discharge
  
34 m³/s

Source
  
Pyrenees

Country
  
France

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The Nive (Basque: Errobi, Occitan: Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.

Contents

Map of Nive, France

Geography

The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:

  • The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream)
  • The Laurhibar
  • The Nive d'Arnéguy.

    • The Nive passes through the towns of Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Bidarray, Cambo-les-Bains, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.

    Principal tributaries

  • Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
  • Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
  • Laka, from Ossès
  • Baztan, from Bidarray
  • Latsa, from Espelette

    • References

    Nive Wikipedia
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