Nive
The Nive (Basque: Errobi, Occitan: Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Pyrenees |
• coordinates | 43°03′38″N 1°11′49″W |
Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
• coordinates | 43°29′38″N 1°28′27″W |
Length | 80 km (50 mi) |
Basin size | 1,030 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
Geography
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Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
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Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in 1843, by Eugène de Malbos
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The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:
- The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream)
- The Laurhibar
- The Nive d'Arnéguy.
The Nive passes through the towns of Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Bidarray, Cambo-les-Bains, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.
Principal tributaries
- Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
- Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
- Laka, from Ossès
- Baztan, from Bidarray
- Latsa, from Espelette
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See also
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nive. |
- (in French) Au fil des Nives
- (in French) Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
- (in French) Contrat de Rivière des Nives
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