Baïse
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The Baïse is a 188 km long river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, left tributary of the Garonne
Garonne
The Garonne is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of .-Source:The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Pyrenees, though three different locations have been proposed as the true source: the Uelh deth Garona at Plan de Beret , the Ratera-Saboredo...

. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

, near Lannemezan
Lannemezan
Lannemezan is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-Geography:The Petite Baïse has its source in the commune.Lannemezan is around 30 km east of Tarbes, and around 100 km south-west of Toulouse.-References:*...

. It flows north through the following départements and towns:
  • Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...

    : Lannemezan
    Lannemezan
    Lannemezan is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-Geography:The Petite Baïse has its source in the commune.Lannemezan is around 30 km east of Tarbes, and around 100 km south-west of Toulouse.-References:*...

     , Trie-sur-Baïse
    Trie-sur-Baïse
    Trie-sur-Baïse is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is the administrative center in a "canton" comprising 22 villages...

  • Gers
    Gers
    The Gers is a department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.Inhabitants are called les Gersois or Gersoises.-History:...

    : Mirande
    Mirande
    Mirande is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

     , Castéra-Verduzan
    Castéra-Verduzan
    Castéra-Verduzan is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

     , Valence-sur-Baïse
    Valence-sur-Baïse
    Valence-sur-Baïse is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

     , Condom
    Condom, Gers
    Condom , also referred to as Condom-en-Armagnac, is a commune in southwestern France in the department of Gers, of which it is a subprefecture.-Way of St. James:...

  • Lot-et-Garonne
    Lot-et-Garonne
    Lot-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.-History:Lot-et-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

    : Nérac
    Nérac
    Nérac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.-External links:*...

     , Lavardac
    Lavardac
    Lavardac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France....



It flows into the Garonne
Garonne
The Garonne is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of .-Source:The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Pyrenees, though three different locations have been proposed as the true source: the Uelh deth Garona at Plan de Beret , the Ratera-Saboredo...

 near Aiguillon.

Tributaries

  • Gélise
    Gélise
    - Etymology :The name Gélise comes from the Aquitanian hydronymic root Jel, meaning "watercourse."- Geography :The Gélise originates in the Gers département at Cahuzères, north of Lupiac, then it flows northwest in the direction of Eauze...

     (in Lavardac
    Lavardac
    Lavardac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France....

    )
    • Osse
      Osse River
      The Osse is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the river Gélise. Its source is in the Hautes-Pyrénées, southeast of the village Bernadets-Debat, in the Plateau de Lannemezan...

       (in Nérac
      Nérac
      Nérac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.-External links:*...

      )
  • Petite Baïse
    Petite Baïse
    The Petite Baïse is a long river in the Hautes-Pyrénées and Gers départements, southwestern France. Its source is in Lannemezan, on the plateau de Lannemezan. It flows generally north...

     (in L'Isle-de-Noé
    L'Isle-de-Noé
    L'Isle-de-Noé is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Geography:The Petite Baïse forms part of the commune's southeastern border, flows northwest through the middle of the commune, then flows into the Baïse in the village....

    )
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