Uhabia

Uhabia
The Uhabia in Bidart.
Origin	Woods of Ustaritz
Mouth	Bay of Biscay 43°25′56″N 1°35′59″W
Basin countries	France
Length	15 km

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

Geography

Bidart, the Mill of Bassilour (1741) on the Uhabia.

The estuary of the Uhabia.

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

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Uhabia at the Sandre database