Midouze

LocationCountryFrancePhysical characteristicsSource  • locationconfluence of Midou and Douze Mouth Adour43°48′1″N 0°51′39″W / 43.80028°N 0.86083°W / 43.80028; -0.86083Length43 + 108 km (27 + 67 mi)Basin size3,590 km² (1,390 sq mi)Discharge  • average20.5 m³/s (720 cu ft/s) Basin featuresProgressionAdour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Midouze (French pronunciation: [miduz]; Occitan: Midosa), is a right tributary of the Adour river, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.

Name

The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou and the Douze.

Geography

The Midouze is the union of the Midou (or Midour) and the Douze. These two rivers rise in the Gers département (in the historical region of Armagnac) and join in Mont-de-Marsan. After a course of 43 kilometres (27 mi), the Midouze flows into the Adour downstream from Tartas. It has a length of 151 kilometres (94 mi) from the source of the Midou.^[1]

Départements and towns

• Landes : Mont-de-Marsan, Tartas

Main tributaries

• (R) Estrigon, from Labrit.
• (R) Bez, from Morcenx.

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