Nive
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| Nive | |
|---|---|
| File:Bayonne Reflets dans la Nive.JPG Nive in Bayonne | |
| File:Nive (rivière).png | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pyrenees |
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| Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
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| Length | 79 km (49 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,030 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
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The Nive (French pronunciation: [niv]; Basque: Errobi; Occitan: Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. It is 78.9 km (49.0 mi) long.[1] The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.
Geography
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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, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.
Principal tributaries
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- Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
- Laka, from Ossès
- Baztan, from Bidarray
- Latsa, from Espelette
See also
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nive.
- (in French) Au fil des Nives
- (in French) Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
- (in French) Contrat de Rivière des Nives
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