Adour

For the turbine engine, see Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour.

Adour
Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour
Adour River watershed (Interactive map)
Native name	L'Adour (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	High-Bigorre
• elevation	2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Mouth
• location	Atlantic Ocean
• coordinates	43°31′46″N 1°31′25″W
Length	308 km (191 mi)
Basin size	16,880 km2 (6,520 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	150 m3/s (5,300 cu ft/s)

The Adour (French pronunciation: [aduʁ]; Basque: Aturri; Occitan: Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is 308.3 kilometres (191.6 mi) long, of which the uppermost ca. 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) is known as the Adour de Payolle. At its final stretch, i.e. on its way through Bayonne and a short extent upstream, the river draws the border between the Northern Basque Country and Landes regions.

Places along the river

Départements and towns along the river include:

• Hautes-Pyrénées: Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tarbes, Maubourguet
• Gers: Riscle
• Landes: Aire-sur-l'Adour, Dax, Tarnos
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Bayonne

Tributaries

a scow on the Adour in Bayonne in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.

The main tributaries of the Adour are, from source to mouth:

• Adour de Gripp (also Adour du Tourmalet, 15 km)
• Adour de Lesponne (19 km)
• Échez (64 km)
• Arros (130 km)
• Léez (56 km)
• Gabas (117 km)
• Midouze (151 km)
• Louts (86 km)
• Luy (154 km)
• Gave de Pau (191 km)
• Bidouze (82 km)
• Aran (48 km)
• Ardanabia (26 km)
• Nive (79 km)

External links

• Commission Européenne—Natura 2000: Cartographie du Barthes de l'Adour—(in French) — maps of the Adour and Adour Basin.
• Natura 2000 Sites d'Intérêt Communautaire par la France: Barthes de l'Adour — (in French)
• Adour Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine—(in French) — website homepage.
• European Commission: official Natura 2000 Network website— — "the centrepiece of EU nature & biodiversity policy."