Title: Adour Content: The Adour (, ) is a river in southwestern France. It flows through the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It starts in the Pyrenees, at the Arbizon mountain. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. ==Geography== The Adour river has a length of .This is the length including the Adour de Payolle, following SANDRE, the French official organism; other organisms give a shorter length because they start to measure from the Campan valley, at the confluence of three small rivers. Its drainage basin has an area of approximately . ===Course=== The Adour river starts, as Adour de Payolle, at the north side of the Arbizon mountain. This river combines with the Adour de Gripp and the Adour de Lesponne to form the Adour river at Campan. The Adour flows north for almost through the Hautes-Pyrénées to Gers. There, it turns to the west and gets into the Landes department. In Port-de-Lanne, the Adour is joined by the Gaves réunis river. Finally, it flows into the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean, between Anglet (Pyrénées- Atlantiques) and Tarnos (Landes). Boats can travel on the river beginning about from its mouth. ==Tributaries of the Adour== Some of the important tributaries (longer than ) of the Adour are:  ==Towns along the river== Départements and towns found along the Adour river are: * Hautes-Pyrénées: Campan, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Tarbes, Maubourguet * Gers: Riscle * Landes: Aire- sur-l'Adour, Dax, Tarnos * Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Bayonne == Hydrology == The average yearly discharge for the Adour river is at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in the Landes department. Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Saint-Vincent-de- Paul (1918 - 2017) 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:160 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: 140.0 bar:Feb from:0 till: 154.0 bar:Mar from:0 till: 128.0 bar:Apr from:0 till: 117.0 bar:May from:0 till: 97.70 bar:Jun from:0 till: 72.40 bar:Jul from:0 till: 37.70 bar:Aug from:0 till: 26.80 bar:Sep from:0 till: 30.10 bar:Oct from:0 till: 42.70 bar:Nov from:0 till: 74.20 bar:Dec from:0 till: 123.0 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 140.0 fontsize:S text: 140.0 shift:(-9,5) bar:Feb at: 154.0 fontsize:S text: 154.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Mar at: 128.0 fontsize:S text: 128.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:Apr at: 117.0 fontsize:S text: 117.0 shift:(-12,5) bar:May at: 97.70 fontsize:S text: 97.70 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jun at: 72.40 fontsize:S text: 72.40 shift:(-12,5) bar:Jul at: 37.70 fontsize:S text: 37.70 shift:(-12,5) bar:Aug at: 26.80 fontsize:S text: 26.80 shift:(-12,5) bar:Sep at: 30.10 fontsize:S text: 30.10 shift:(-12,5) bar:Oct at: 42.70 fontsize:S text: 42.70 shift:(-12,5) bar:Nov at: 74.20 fontsize:S text: 74.20 shift:(-12,5) bar:Dec at: 123.0 fontsize:S text: 123.0 shift:(-12,5) The Adour shows typical seasonal changes. The highest levels of the river are in winter and spring, from December to May inclusive, with the highest level in February. They are followed by a rapid fall in the flow during the low water period that goes from July to October. ==Gallery== Image:Riscle- pont_suspendu.jpg|The Adour at Riscle File:Aire sur Adour LAdour.jpg|The Adour at Aire-sur-l'Adour File:SMSA Adour.JPG|The Adour view from Saint-Maurice-sur- Adour File:St Sever Adour 2.JPG|The Adour at Saint-Sever File:Dax-13.JPG|The Adour at Dax File:Barque port d'Urt.JPG|The Adour between Urt and Saint- Laurent-de-Gosse File:Bayonne Adour embouchure.jpg|Bayonne, mouth of the Adour File:Bayonne Adour embouchure (2).jpg|Bayonne, mouth of the Adour File:Bayonne Port (3).jpg|Bayonne, the commerce port File:Aire-sur-l-Adour-adour.jpg|Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour ==Related pages== * List of rivers of France