The Néez of Gan, 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

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. It flows into the Gave downstream from Pau.

Name

The Néez (aka Nez, Néès, Neys…) shares its name with another tributary, 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...

 of Saint-Créac

Saint-Créac

Saint-Créac may refer to the following places in France:*Saint-Créac, Gers, a commune in the Gers department*Saint-Créac, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department...

, in the south of Lourdes

Lourdes

Lourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...

.

This name is a variant of the Pyrenean

Pyrenees

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

 hydronym

Hydronym

A hydronym is a proper name of a body of water. Hydronymy is the study of hydronyms and of how bodies of water receive their names and how they are transmitted through history...

 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...

 (alternation l / n).

Geography

The Néez rises on the territory of Rébénacq

Rébénacq

Rébénacq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

; it is fed by the brook of Houndarnas, a small brook flowing from the slopes of Sévignacq

Sévignacq-Meyracq

Sévignacq-Meyracq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

, and by several resurgences of the gave d'Ossau

Gave d'Ossau

The Gave d'Ossau is the torrential river flowing through the Ossau Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn , in the Southwest of France....

 in the south of the village.

The Néez flows north into the Gave de Pau in Jurançon

Jurançon

Jurançon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-See also:*Jurançon AOC, a wine from this commune*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department-References:*...

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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 :...
  
  : Rébénacq
  Rébénacq
  Rébénacq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
  , Gan
  Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  Gan is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
  , Bosdarros
  Bosdarros
  Bosdarros is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
  
   et Jurançon
  Jurançon
  Jurançon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-See also:*Jurançon AOC, a wine from this commune*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department-References:*...
  
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