Ouzoum
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The Ouzoum (Script error: No such module "IPA".) or Ouzom (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a left tributary of the Gave de Pau, in the Southwest of France, between the Génie longue and the Béez. It is Script error: No such module "convert". long.[1]
It flows into the Gave in Nay, upstream from Pau.
Name
Historical graphies were oscillating between the voiced -s- and the unvoiced -ss-: Oson (1441), Osom, Osson, Ozon (1538), le Lozon (1581), l'Ouson (1585).[2][3]
This name could be related with the Pyrenean hydronym Ousse.[4]
Geography
The valley of the Ouzoum is separated in two distinct parts by a Script error: No such module "convert". long narrow pass. The villages in the upper part of the valley (Arbéost and Ferrières) belong to the Hautes-Pyrénées and have relationships with the Val d'Azun, on the other side of the mountain. On the other hand, the lower part of the valley, close to Pau, is Béarnese (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
The Ouzoum rises at Cap d’Ouzom ("head of Ouzom") at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level in the Litor Circus dominated by the Grand Gabizos at Script error: No such module "convert".. This circus is in relation with the Val d'Azun through the Col du Soulor at Script error: No such module "convert". and with the Ossau Valley through the Aubisque Pass at Script error: No such module "convert"..
After the basin of Ferrières, the Ouzoum flows through a narrow pass bordered by steep limestone slopes. The valley widens after Arthez-d'Asson.
Its hydrographic regime is pluvio-nival.
Départements and towns
References
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- ↑ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées, 1863.
- ↑ at this time the o was pronounced /u/.
- ↑ Michel Grosclaude, « L'hydronyme Ousse », Dictionnaire toponymique des communes du Béarn, 1991, p. 390.
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