Louts
Louts | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | North of Pau |
Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
• coordinates | 43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°WCoordinates: 43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°W |
Length | 86 km (53 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Louts (French pronunciation: [luts]; Occitan: Lots) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is 85.7 km (53.3 mi) long.[1]
Name[]
It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.[2]
Geography[]
The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.
Départements and towns[]
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
- Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.
References[]
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Louts (Q30-0400)".
- ^ (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).
Categories:
- Tributaries of the Adour
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Rivers of Landes (department)
- Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine geography stubs
- France river stubs