Léez Explained

Léez
Pushpin Map:France#France Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mouth Coordinates:43.6867°N -0.2442°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:56km (35miles)

The Léez (Leez, Lées, Léès, Lees) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is 56.2km (34.9miles) long.

Name

This name proceeds from an Aquitanian hydronym Lez / Liz.

Geography

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

Main tributaries