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Main source
  
Woods of Ustaritz

Length
  
15 km

Mouth
  
Bay of Biscay

Mouth elevation
  
0

River mouth
  
Bay of Biscay

Source
  
Ustaritz

Country
  
France

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Similar
  
Boudigau, Costa Vasca, Herri Urrats, Bid'a Parc, Cite de l'Ocean et du Surf

The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river of the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, Southwest France.

Contents

Map of Uhabia, France

Geography

It rises at Goizbide in the woods above Ustaritz and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, where it is known as the Apalagako erreka. It collects waters from the Alhorgako Erreka and drains the plain of Belhardi in the north of Ahetze, before flowing into the Bay of Biscay in Bidart.

Name

Its name Uhabia is the regular evolution of ur habia, that can be translated as "course of the water".

Main tributaries

  • Barrandiko Erreka, from Othe xuria,
  • Alhorgako Erreka, from Zirikolatz.
  • Départements and towns

  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Ustaritz, Arbonne, Bidart.
  • References

    Uhabia Wikipedia