Gabas (river)
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The Gabas (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. It is Script error: No such module "convert". long.[1]
Name
The name Gabas is derived from the French gave (Gascon: 'gabe'), which in the Pyrenees generically describes a small or large watercourse. The river was known as the fluvius gavasensis in 982.[2]Template:Better source
A tributary of the Léez is named the Gabassot, a hypocoristic of Gabas.
Geography
The Gabas rises in the plateau of Ger in the north of Lourdes, as the union of the Gabastou and the Honrède. It flows north-west like the neighboring rivers: the Luy, the Uzan and the Ousse.
The Gabas crosses the Tursan, in the Landes. It flows into the Adour in Toulouzette, downstream from Saint-Sever.
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Main tributaries
- (R) the Bayle from Lourenties
- (R) the Bas, from Geaune
- (R) the Lescoû, from Saint-Loubouer
- (L) the Petit Bas, from Pimbo
- (L) the Laudon, from Hagetmau
References
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