The Vert, is a left tributary of the

Gave d'Oloron The Gave d'Oloron is a river of south-western France near the border with Spain. It takes its name from the city Oloron-Sainte-Marie, where it is formed from the rivers Gave d'Aspe and Gave d'Ossau. It joins the Gave de Pau in Peyrehorade to form ...

, that drains the Barétous in the High-

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(

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlanti ...

), in the Southwest of

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. It flows into the Gave d'Oloron in

Moumour Moumour ( oc, Momor; eu, Mumur) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The French opera singer Marc Bonnehée was born there in 1828. Bibliothèque nationale de FranceNotice d'autorité personne: Bonneh ...

, downstream from

Oloron-Sainte-Marie Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Auloron e Senta Maria; eu, Oloroe-Donamaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France. History The town was founded by the ...

. It is long. ''Vert'' means 'green' in

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, but the river name, ''Bert'' in 1467, is related to the Gascon word ''barta'' that means '

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

'. The Vert is formed in Aramits from the confluence of: * (R) the ''Vert d'

Arette Arette (; oc, Areta) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is located in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1. Geogra ...

'', ''Larron'' in 1589, from the ''Chousse Plateau'', below the ''Pic de Guillers'', elevation , * (L) the ''Vert de Barlanès'', from '' Issarbe'' and

Lanne-en-Barétous Lanne-en-Barétous (; oc, Lana de Varetons; eu, Landa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 Communes of ...

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