Gave de Pau

Infobox River | river_name = Gave de Pau


caption = Gave de Pau in Orthez.
origin = Pyrenees
mouth = Adour
coord|43|32|46|N|1|11|41|W|name=Adour-Gave de Pau|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 193 km
elevation =
discharge = 82 m³/s
watershed = 5,200 km²The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France, left tributary of the Adour. It takes its name from the city Pau. Its length is 180 km. Its source is in the Pyrenees mountains, in the Cirque de Gavarnie. The Gave de Pau receives its main tributary, the Gave d'Oloron in Peyrehorade. The 10 km stretch between the mouth of the Gave d'Oloron and the confluence with the Adour is called "Gaves Réunis" (united Gaves).

The Gave de Pau flows through the following "départements" and towns:

* Hautes-Pyrénées: Argelès-Gazost, Lourdes.
* Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Pau, Orthez.
* Landes: Peyrehorade.

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Q---0100.php?cg=Q---0100 The Gave de Pau at the Sandre database]