Midouze
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The Midouze is a right 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 Landes, 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...

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Name

The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou
Midou
The Midou or Midour is the left precursor of the Midouze, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

 and the Douze
Douze
The Douze is the right precursor of the Midouze, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Douze rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

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Geography

The Midouze is the union of the Midou
Midou
The Midou or Midour is the left precursor of the Midouze, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

 (or Midour) and the Douze
Douze
The Douze is the right precursor of the Midouze, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.- Geography :The Douze rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département...

. These two rivers rise in 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:...

 département (in the historical region of Armagnac
Armagnac (region)
The hilly countship of Armagnac , in the foothills of the Pyrenées between the Adour and Garonne rivers, is a historic countship of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine...

) and join in Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.Mont-de-Marsan airbase « Constantin Rozanoff » is a major installation of the French Air Force. The base includes CEAM , an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control...

. After a course of 43 km, the Midouze flows into 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...

 downstream from Tartas
Tartas
Tartas is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-References:* Based on the article in the French Wikipedia....

. It has a length of 151 km from the source of the Midou.

Main tributaries

  • (R) Estrigon, from Labrit
    Labrit
    Labrit is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne...

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  • (R) Bez (Midouze)
    Bez (Midouze)
    The Bez is a right tributary to the Midouze River in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. Its name is similar to that of Baïse. The Bez has its origins in the northern Morcenx where it collects the waters of Brassenx. It joins the Midouze River in Saint-Yaguen...

    , from Morcenx
    Morcenx
    Morcenx is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-Geography:Commune situated in the grande-Lande in the Landes forest on the Bez.Access by the A63 freeway, exit 14 Onesse-et-Laharie.-History:...

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