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The Nive (; eu, Errobi; oc, Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left
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
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the river Adour. It is long. The river's source in the Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...
in Lower Navarre
Lower Navarre ( eu, Nafarroa Beherea/Baxenabarre; Gascon/Bearnese: ''Navarra Baisha''; french: Basse-Navarre ; es, Baja Navarra) is a traditional region of the present-day French ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It corresponds to the ...
. The river Nive was made famous by the ''Le petit Nicolas
''Le Petit Nicolas'' (Little Nicholas) is a series of French children's books created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was first published on 30 March 1959. The books depict an idealized version of childhood in 19 ...
'' series.
Geography
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
Estérençuby (; eu, Ezterenzubi)EZTERENZUBI
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port,
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port,
Bidarray
Bidarray (; )BIDARRAI
Cambo-les-Bains
Cambo-les-Bains (; eu, Kanbo) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It lies on the south-western bank of the river Nive. Cambo-les-Bains station has rail ...
, Ustaritz
Ustaritz (; eu, Uztaritze) is a town in the traditional French Basque Country, Basque province of Labourd, now a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department, southwestern France. It is located on ...
, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.
Principal tributaries
* Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel * Nive des Aldudes, fromSaint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry (; eu, Baigorri)BAIGORRI
Ossès * Baztan, from
Ossès * Baztan, from
Bidarray
Bidarray (; )BIDARRAI
Au fil des Nives
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Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
*
Contrat de Rivière des Nives
Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{France-river-stub
Espelette
Espelette (; ; oc, Espeleta) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It lies in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
Sights
The town is attractive, with traditional Labourd houses and a castle. Th ...
See also
*Battle of the Nive
The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish army defeated Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army on French soil ...
References
External links
*Au fil des Nives
*
Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
*
Contrat de Rivière des Nives
Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{France-river-stub