Midouze Explained

Midouze
Pushpin Map:France#France Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mouth Coordinates:43.8003°N -0.8608°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:43+
Discharge1 Avg:20.5m3/s
Basin Size:3590km2

The Midouze (in French pronounced as /miduz/; Occitan (post 1500);: 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 43km (27miles), the Midouze flows into the Adour downstream from Tartas. It has a length of 151km (94miles) from the source of the Midou.

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Main tributaries