The Nive (; ; ) is a French river that flows through the French
Basque Country. It is a left
tributary
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of the river
Adour
The Adour (; ; ) 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. is known as the ' ...
. It is long.
The river's source in the
Pyrenees in
Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the ''
Le petit Nicolas
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'' series.
Geography
The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:
* The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream)
* The Laurhibar
* The Nive d'Arnéguy.
The Nive passes through the towns of
Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie),
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port,
Bidarray,
Cambo-les-Bains
Cambo-les-Bains (; ) is a town in the traditional Northern Basque Country, Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in south-western France. It lies on the south-western bank of the river Nive ...
,
Ustaritz,
Villefranque and
Bayonne
Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...
, where it flows into the Adour.
Principal tributaries
* Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
*
Nive des Aldudes, from
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
* Laka, from
Ossès
* Baztan, from
Bidarray
* Latsa, from
Espelette
See also
*
Battle of the Nive
References
External links
*
Au fil des Nives*
Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive*
Contrat de Rivière des Nives
Rivers of France
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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