Béez
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The Béez, is a left tributary of the Gave de Pau
Gave de Pau
The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France and a left tributary of the Adour. It takes its name from the city Pau, through which it flows. The river is in length, and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains....

, in Béarn
Béarn
Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...

 (Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

), in the Southwest of 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...

. It flows into the gave
Gave (stem)
The French word gave is a generic name referring to torrential rivers, in the west side of the Pyrenees. In the central part of the Pyrenees, the name neste has the same function....

 upstream from Pau, between the Ouzoum
Ouzoum
The Ouzoum or Ouzom , is a left tributary of the Gave de Pau, in the Southwest of France, between the Génie longue and the Béez.It flows into the Gave in Nay, upstream from Pau.- Name :...

 and the Luz.

Name

The name Béez, which presents some parallelism with those of the Léez
Léez
The Léez , is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Léez rises near Sedzère in the north of the plateau of Ger...

 or the Néez
Néez
Néez is the name of two tributaries of the Gave de Pau:* Néez , in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department* Néez , in the Hautes-Pyrénées department...

, is in fact a variant of the name of the Baïse
Baïse
The Baïse is a 188 km long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan...

.

The names of the Bès, a tributary of the neighboring Luz, and of the Bez, a tributary of the Midouze
Midouze
The Midouze , is a right tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Name :The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou and the Douze.- Geography :...

, are related.

Geography

The Béez rises on the slopes of the Pic Durban (1 700 m) where it is known as the Bazest, Baseigt or Baset. It flows north into the Gave de Pau in Nay
Nay, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nay is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It lies in the former province of Béarn.-Geography:The land of the commune are crossed by the Gave de Pau and one of its tributaries, the Béez-Place names:...

.

Départements and towns

  • Pyrénées-Atlantiques
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques
    Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

    : Pé-de-Hourat, Capbis, Nay
    Nay, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
    Nay is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It lies in the former province of Béarn.-Geography:The land of the commune are crossed by the Gave de Pau and one of its tributaries, the Béez-Place names:...

    .

Main tributaries

Baseigt / Baset
  • (R) the Izou, from the Izou Pass (847 m),
  • (L) the Cau
    CAU
    CAU may refer to:CAU - "Chung-Ang University"CAU/LAM - "Controlled Access Unit/Lobe Attachment Module". This refers to a type of token ring connection.-Organisations:* Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea* Central Agricultural University, India...

     de Heus

Béez
  • (L) the Lestarrès / Lestarrezoû, from Louvie-Juzon
    Louvie-Juzon
    Louvie-Juzon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

    .
    • (R) the Escourreix
  • (R) the Soulens, from the Sarramayou (491 m).
  • (L) the Landistou, from Sainte-Colome
    Sainte-Colome
    Sainte-Colome is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

    , Lys
    Lys
    Lys may refer to any of the following:Places*The Lys or Leie, a river in France and Belgium*Lys , a stream of Aosta Valley in Italy*Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in France...

     and Bruges
    Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget
    Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

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