Louts
Louts | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | North of Pau |
Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
Length | 86 km (53 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour, in Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France.
Name
It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.[1]
Geography
The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.
Départements and towns
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
- Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.
References
- ^ (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).
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