Échez
Appearance
Échez | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Hautes-Pyrénées |
Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
Length | 64 km (40 mi) |
Basin size | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Échez, is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, in the Southwest of France.
Geography
The Échez rises in Sère-Lanso (east of Lourdes) and flows north along the Adour, which it joins in Maubourguet. It flows through Tarbes and Vic-en-Bigorre.
Main tributaries
- (R) Aube,
- (L) Jeune,
- (R) Gespe, in Tarbes,
- (L) Souy,
- (L) Géline, from the plateau of Ger
- (L) Lis, from Ger.
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