Léez

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Léez
Origin Vic-Bilh
Mouth Adour
Basin countries France
Length 56 km

The Léez (Leez, Lées, Léès, Lees), is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France.

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[edit] Name

This name proceeds from an Aquitanian hydronym Lez / Liz.

[edit] Geography

The Léez rises near Sedzère in the north of the plateau of Ger. It flows north through the Vic-Bilh in the east of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and joins the Adour in the French département of the Gers, upstream from Aire-sur-l'Adour.

[edit] Main tributaries

  • (L) the Petit-Léez,
  • (L) the Gabassot,
  • (R) the Arcis,
  • (R) the canal of Bernède, long of 2 km, fed by the Adour.

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