The Béez,also known as ''Béès'' or ''Bez'' is a left tributary of the

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, in Béarn (

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), in the Southwest of

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. It flows into the Gave de Pau upstream from Pau, between the Ouzoum and the

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. It is long.

Name

The name ''Béez'', which presents some parallelism with those of the Léez or the Néez, is in fact a variant of the name of the Baïse. The names of the ''Bès'', a tributary of the neighboring Luz, and of the ''Bez'', a tributary of the Midouze, are related.

Geography

The Béez rises on the slopes of the ''Pic Durban'', elevation , where it is known as the ''Bazest, Baseigt'' or ''Baset''. It flows north into the Gave de Pau in Nay.

Départements and towns

: Pé-de-Hourat, Capbis, Nay.

Main tributaries

''Baseigt'' / ''Baset'' * (R) the ''Izou'', from the ''Izou Pass'' (847 m), * (L) the ''Cau de Heus'' ''Béez'' * (L) the ''Lestarrès'' / ''Lestarrezoû'', from

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. ** (R) the ''Escourreix'' * (R) the ''Soulens'', from the ''Sarramayou'' (491 m). * (L) the ''Landistou'', from Sainte-Colome, Lys and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beez Rivers of France Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine