Léez
Encyclopedia
The Léez is a left tributary of the Adour
Adour
The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...

, 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...

.

Geography

The Léez rises near Sedzère in the north of the plateau of Ger
Ger, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Ger is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

. It flows north through the Vic-Bilh in the east of 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 :...

 and joins the Adour
Adour
The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...

 in the French département of the 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:...

, upstream from Aire-sur-l'Adour
Aire-sur-l'Adour
Aire-sur-l'Adour is a commune in the Landes département in Aquitaine in south-western France.It lies on the river Adour in the wine area of southwest France. It is an episcopal see of the Diocese of Aire and Dax. The nearest large towns are Mont-de-Marsan to the north and Pau to the...

.

Main tributaries

  • (L) the Petit-Léez,
  • (L) the Gabassot,
  • (R) the Larcis
    Larcis
    The Larcis is a river in Southwestern France. It is a right tributary of the Léez, originating from the Vic-Bilh in the east of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.It joins the Léez in Lannux, in the French département of the Gers.- Name :...

    ,
  • (R) the canal of Bernède, long of 2 km, fed by the Adour.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK