The Midou or Midour (/midu/, oc, Midor) is the left precursor of the

Midouze The Midouze (; oc, Midosa), is a right tributary of the Adour river, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. Name The name ''Midouze'' is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou and the Douze. Geog ...

, in the Southwest of France.

Geography

The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the

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.

département. It joins the Douze in Mont-de-Marsan to constitute the

, a tributary of the

Adour The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...

. It is considered the upper course of the Midouze by Sandre.

Départements and towns

: by Nogaro *

Landes ''Landes'', or ''Lanas'' in Gascon, means moorland or heath. ''Landes'' and ''Lanas'' come from the Latin ''plānus'' meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word '' ...

Villeneuve-de-Marsan Villeneuve-de-Marsan (; oc, Vilanava de Marsan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the ...

, Mont-de-Marsan

Main tributaries

* (R) Riberette or Midour de Devant.that means 'oriental'. * (R) Midouzon, * (L) Izaute, from Termes-d'Armagnac, ** (R) Jurane, * (R) Estang. * (L) Ludon, from

Le Houga Le Houga (; oc, Lo Haugar) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and terri ...

. :''N.B. : (R) = right tributary; (L) = left tributary''

Notes

Rivers of France Rivers of Gers Rivers of Landes (department) Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub