Title: Gave de Pau Content: The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France. It is a left tributary of the Adour river. It takes its name from the city Pau, through which it flows. The word gave is a name given to rivers on the mountains in regions of the western Pyrenees; so, Gave de Pau means "the river of Pau" or "the river that flows through Pau". Many other rivers in the region have the word gave as part of their names. ==Geography== The Gave de Pau has a length of about , including the Gave de Gavarnie, and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Bérenx, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:140 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:20 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:10 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 89.70 bar:Feb from:0 till: 90.90 bar:Mar from:0 till: 85.60 bar:Apr from:0 till: 100.0 bar:May from:0 till: 120.0 bar:Jun from:0 till: 115.0 bar:Jul from:0 till: 69.40 bar:Aug from:0 till: 41.90 bar:Sep from:0 till: 40.00 bar:Oct from:0 till: 55.50 bar:Nov from:0 till: 75.10 bar:Dec from:0 till: 92.10 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 89.70 fontsize:S text: 89.70 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 90.90 fontsize:S text: 90.90 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 85.60 fontsize:S text: 85.60 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 100.0 fontsize:S text: 100.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 120.0 fontsize:S text: 120.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 115.0 fontsize:S text: 115.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 69.40 fontsize:S text: 69.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 41.90 fontsize:S text: 41.90 shift:(-10,5) bar:Sep at: 40.00 fontsize:S text: 40.00 shift:(-10,5) bar:Oct at: 55.50 fontsize:S text: 55.50 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 75.10 fontsize:S text: 75.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 92.10 fontsize:S text: 92.10 shift:(-12,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Bérenx ===Course=== The Gave de Pau starts in the Cirque de Gavarnie, in the Parc national des Pyrénées ("Pyrénées National Park"), in the commune of Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées department, at an altitude of about . The upper part of the river is known as Gave de Gavarnie; the name Gave de Pau is given to the river after the Gave de Gavarnie joins the Bastan river at Luz-Saint-Sauveur. The Gave de Pau receives its main tributary, the Gave d'Oloron, in Peyrehorade and, from there, it is named as Gaves Réunis (United Gaves). Finally, it flows, as a left tributary, into the river Adour in the Landes department, at about of altitude. The Gave de Pau flows through 90 communes. It passes through the following regions, departments and communes: * Occitanie region ** Hautes-Pyrénées: Gavarnie, Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Pierrefitte-Nestalas, Argelès- Gazost, Lourdes, Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre * Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ** Pyrénées- Atlantiques: Lestelle-Bétharram, Coarraze, Nay, Pau, Artix, Orthez ** Landes: Labatut ==Main tributaries == The tributaries of Gave de Pau with a length greater than are: * Left tributaries ** Ouzom - 33.2 km; ** Baïse - 40.6 km; ** Gave d'Azun - 29.1 km; ** Laâ - 29.5 km; * Right tributaries ** Ousse - 42.4 km; ** Ousse des Bois - 32.3 km; ** Gave d'Oloron - 148.2 km; ==Gallery== File:Gave à Nay (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).JPG|Gave de Pau near Nay, Pyrénées-Atlantiques File:Lourdes with Sanctuaries, Castle and Gave de Pau.JPG|Gave de Pau at Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées File:Gave de Gavarnie amont (Gavarnie) (1).JPG|Gave de Gavarnie, several kilometres from the Cirque de Gavarnie File:Orthez (Gave de Pau).JPG|Orthez, bridge over the Gave de Pau ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France