The Échez () is a left tributary of the

Adour The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...

, in the

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, in the Southwest of

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. It is long.

Geography

The Échez rises in ''Sère-Lanso'' (east of

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) and flows north along the

, which it joins in Maubourguet. It flows through

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

and

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Main tributaries

* (R) Aube, * (L) Jeune, * (R) Gespe, in

, * (L) Souy, * (L) Géline, from the plateau of Ger * (L) Lis, from Ger.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Hautes-Pyrénées Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub