Nive | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
- location | Pyrenees |
- coordinates | 43°03′38″N 1°11′49″W / 43.06056°N 1.19694°W |
Mouth | |
- location | Adour |
- coordinates | 43°29′38″N 1°28′27″W / 43.49389°N 1.47417°W |
Length | 79 km (49 mi) |
Basin size | 1,030 km2 (400 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Nive (Basque: Errobi, Occitan: Niva) is a river in France. It flows through the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The river starts in the Pyrenees. It is a left tributary of the Adour river.
The Nive river has a length of 79.3 kilometres (49.3 miles),[1] and a drainage basin with an area of approximately 1,030 square kilometres (398 square miles).
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 30.00 cubic metres per second (1,059 cubic feet per second) at Cambo-les-Bains in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.[2]
Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Cambo-les-Bains (1967 - 2017)[2] |
The Nive proper is formed from three small rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:
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.
It joins the Adour in the city of Bayonne, on its left bank, at an altitude of 3 metres (9.8 feet) and at about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean).
Left tributaries:
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Right tributaries: |