Arros (river)

River in France

Arros

The Arros in Saint-Sever-de-Rustan

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Location
Country| France
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Baronnies of Pyrenees
Mouth|

• location

| Adour

• coordinates

| 43°39′44″N 0°1′41″W﻿ / ﻿43.66222°N 0.02806°W﻿ / 43.66222; -0.02806
Length| 130 km (81 mi)
Basin size| 947 km2 (366 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 9 m3/s (320 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression| Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Arros (French pronunciation: [aʁɔs]; Occitan: Arròs) is a right tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is 130.2 km (80.9 mi) long.[1]

## Name

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The name Arros is based on the root Arr- 'stone' and the suffix -os.

## Geography

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The Arros rises in the Baronnies of Pyrenees, southeast of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, below the Signal de Bassia (1 921 m).

It flows north through a narrow valley defended by the castle of Mauvezin and the bastide of Tournay. It joins the Adour before it turn west, upstream from Riscle.

## Départements and towns

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* Hautes-Pyrénées: Bourg-de-Bigorre, Tournay, Chelle-Debat
* Gers: Montégut-Arros, Villecomtal-sur-Arros, Plaisance.

## Main tributaries

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* (L) Esqueda, from Banios
* (L) Luz, from Lies
* (L) Arredou, in Tournay
* (L) Arret Daban or Arret Devant,
* (L) Arret Darré, in Gonez
* (R) Bouès, from Capvern

## References

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1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Arros (Q0--0250)".

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