The plateau de Lannemezan () is a

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in Hautes-Pyrénées

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, in

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foothills, not far from Spain, southwestern

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, with about 10,000 inhabitants. Its name is due to the city

Lannemezan Lannemezan (; Gascon Occitan ''Lanamesa'', "heath of the middle") is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department and the Occitanie region in south-western France. The inhabitants are called Lannemezanais. Lannemezan is the largest city ...

, which lies in the middle of the plateau. The plateau of

through 155 years of work (1840-1995)can be considered the water tower across Biscay. The Canal de la Neste along with more than 28 km takes its water from the dam-Beyréde Jumet in the Aure Valley fed by the lakes in the

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(Aumar-Aubert-Orédon) and Louron (caillaouas) and ends on the Plateau de Lannemezan through the channel of sludge. Numerous rivers have their source on the plateau: *

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

basin:

Gesse The Gesse (; oc-gsc, Gessa) is a long river in the Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne and Gers'' départements'', southwestern France. Its source is at Arné, on the plateau de Lannemezan. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of t ...

Petite Baïse The Petite Baïse (, literally ''Little Baïse''; oc, Petita Baïsa) is a long river in the Hautes-Pyrénées and Gers ''départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in Lannemezan, on the plateau de Lannemezan. It flows generally north. ...

, Gers, Save,

Gimone The Gimone (; oc-gsc, Gimona) is a river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan. It flows north through the following ''départements'' and towns: * Hautes-Pyrén ...

, Baïse, Arrats, Louge,

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, Osse * Adour basin:

Bouès The Bouès is a right tributary of the Arros, at the eastern end of the basin of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is long. Geography The Bouès rises near Capvern, west of Lannemezan where it is fed by the ''Neste Canal''. It flows ...

Notes

*'' article is based on the equivalent article from the

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, consulted on January 19th 2009.''

Landforms of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-geo-stub