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Échez

Échez is located in France

Échez

Échez is located in Occitanie

Échez

Location
CountryFrance
Physical characteristics
Source 
 - locationHautes-Pyrénées
Mouth 
 - locationAdour
 - coordinates43°28′25″N 0°1′53″E / 43.47361°N 0.03139°E
Length64 km (40 mi)
Basin size168 km2 (65 sq mi)
Discharge 
 - average3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionAdour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Échez is a river in southwestern France that flows through in the Occitanie region.

It is a left tributary of the Adour river, in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées.

The Échez river has a length of 64.1 km (40 mi),[1] and a drainage basin with an area of approximately 411 km2 (159 sq mi).

The Échez river is born at the foot of the Pic de la Clique mountain (in the commune Germs-sur-l’Oussouet to the east of Lourdes), then if flows to the north, flowing through the western side of the city of Tarbes and of the valley of the Adour river. It joins the Adour as a left tributary in Maubourget.

Some of the important tributaries of the Échez are:

Left tributaries:

Right tributaries:

The Échez river flows only in the Hautes-Pyrénées department; it flows through the cities and towns Les Angles, Arcizac-ez-Angles, Escoubès-Pouts, Orincles, Barry, Bénac, Louey, Juillan, Tarbes, Bordères-sur-l'Échez, Oursbelille, Bazet, Andrest Vic-en-Bigorre, Nouilhan, Maubourguet.

  1. ↑ "L'Echez (Q02-0400)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "La Geune (Q0210570)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "La Géline (Q0200590)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Le Souy (Q0220590)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Le Lys (Q02-0480)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "L'Aube (Q0210520)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "La Gespe (Q0220500)" (in French). SANDRE - Portail national d'accès aux référentiels sur l'eau. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

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