The Petite Baïse (, literally ''Little Baïse''; ) is a long
river
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in the
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/ Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs ; alts piɾiˈneʊs ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to t ...
and
Gers
Gers (; or , ) is a departments of France, department in the regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southwestern France. Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to ...
''
départements'', southwestern
France
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.
Its source is in
Lannemezan, on the
plateau de Lannemezan The plateau de Lannemezan () is a plateau in the Hautes-Pyrénées département, in the Pyrenees foothills, not far from Spain, southwestern France, with about 10,000 inhabitants.
Its name comes from the city Lannemezan, which lies in the middle o ...
. It flows generally north. It is a
right tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' 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 into which the ...
of the
Baïse
The Baïse (; ) is a long 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 ''département in France, départements'' and towns:
* Ha ...
, joining it in
l'Isle-de-Noé.
''Départements'' and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Hautes-Pyrénées:
Lannemezan,
Clarens,
Campistrous,
Galez,
Galan,
Sabarros,
Tournous-Devant,
Vieuzos,
Betpouey,
Hachan,
Puntous,
Guizerix
*Gers:
Saint-Ost,
Ponsan-Soubiran,
Aujan-Mournède,
Viozan,
Lagarde-Hachan,
Sauviac,
Saint-Élix-Theux,
Moncassin,
Belloc-Saint-Clamens,
Saint-Médard,
Idrac-Respaillès,
Miramont-d'Astarac,
Lamazère,
L'Isle-de-Noé
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Hautes-Pyrénées
Rivers of Gers
Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)
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