The Échez () is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, 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 Adour, which it joins in Maubourguet. It flows through

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and Vic-en-Bigorre.

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