Adour

Adour
Adour seen from the bridge at Aire-sur-l'Adour
Adour River watershed (Interactive map)
Native name	L'Adour (French)
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	High-Bigorre
• elevation	2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Mouth
• location	Atlantic Ocean
• coordinates	43°31′46″N 1°31′25″W / 43.52944°N 1.52361°W / 43.52944; -1.52361
Length	308 km (191 mi)
Basin size	16,880 km2 (6,520 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	150 m3/s (5,300 cu ft/s)

The Adour (French pronunciation: [aduʁ]; Basque: Aturri; Occitan: Ador) 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 308.3 kilometres (191.6 mi) long,^[1] of which the uppermost ca. 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) is known as the Adour de Payolle. At its final stretch, i.e. on its way through Bayonne and a short extent upstream, the river draws the border between the Northern Basque Country and Landes regions.