The Arros (; oc, Arròs) is a right tributary of the
Adour, in the Southwest of
France
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. It is long.
Name
The name ''Arros'' is based on the root ''Arr-'' 'stone' and the suffix ''-os''.
Geography
The Arros rises in the
Baronnies of Pyrenees, southeast of
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (, literally ''Bagnères of Bigorre''; oc, label= Gascon, Banhèras de Bigòrra ) is a commune and subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
Name
The town was kn ...
, below the
Signal de Bassia (1 921 m).
It flows north through a narrow valley defended by the castle of
Mauvezin and the
bastide
Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as ...
of
Tournay. It joins the Adour before it turn west, upstream from
Riscle.
Départements and towns
*
Hautes-Pyrénées:
Bourg-de-Bigorre,
Tournay,
Chelle-Debat
*
Gers
Gers (; oc, Gers or , ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southwestern France. Named after the Gers River, its inhabitants are called the ''Gersois'' and ''Gersoises'' in French. In 2019, it had a population of 191,377. :
Montégut-Arros,
Villecomtal-sur-Arros,
Plaisance.
Main tributaries
*(L) Esqueda, from
Banios
*(L)
Luz, from
Lies
*(L) Arredou, in
Tournay
*(L) Arret Daban or Arret Devant,
*(L) Arret Darré, in
Gonez
*(R)
Bouès
The Bouès is a right tributary of the Arros, at the eastern end of the basin of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is long.
Geography
The Bouès rises near Capvern, west of Lannemezan where it is fed by the ''Neste Canal''. It flow ...
, from
Capvern
References
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Rivers of France
Rivers of Gers
Rivers of Hautes-Pyrénées
Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)