Nive

The Nive de Béhérobie in Saint -Jean -Pied -de-Port

The Nive, basque Errobi, is a river that runs mainly in France in the department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques in the Aquitaine region. Your source Bach Harpéko erreka rises in the Pyrenees, on the northwest flank of the summit Mandi - Zar ( 1323 m ), just in Spanish territory, in the autonomous province of Navarra. She reached in the municipality of Estérençuby French territory and shortly thereafter called Nive de Béhérobie here. In Saint -Jean -Pied- de-Port, it takes on the tributaries Laurhibar and Nive d' Arnéguy and called from here only Nive. You drained generally northwest through the French Basque country and flows for a total length of 80 kilometers in the center of Bayonne as a left tributary of the Adour in, just before its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean.

Etymology

Probably from * niv - "water, wet ."

Places on the river

  • Estérençuby
  • Saint -Jean -Pied -de-Port
  • Saint -Martin- d'Arrossa
  • Cambo- les- Bains
  • Ustaritz
  • Bayonne

Tributaries

Left tributaries:

  • Nive d' Arnéguy (21 miles)
  • Nive of Aldudes (36 miles)
  • Bastan (13 miles)
  • Latsa (15 miles)

Rights tributaries:

  • Ampro (12 miles)
  • Laurhibar (28 miles)
  • Lakako ERREKA (20 miles)
  • Hillans (11 miles)
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