Bidouze

The Bidouze is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country, in the Southwest of France. It is long.

Geography

The Bidouze rises at the base of Eltzarreko Ordokia in the Arbailles massif.
It drains the east of the Lower Navarre, crossing Saint-Palais. Then it flows into the Adour in Guiche. Bidouze is one of the reference rivers of minor water volume meandering across the Northern Basque territory along with the Nive and Saison.

Name

The name of the Bidouze can be compared with other Aquitanian placenames as Vidouze, Bedous or Bidos …

Départements and towns

Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Larceveau, Saint-Palais, Came, Bidache, Guiche.

Main tributaries

Hoztako ur handia, from HostaLaminosina, from IbarrolleArtikaiteko erreka, from UtziateBabatzeko erreka, from JuxueIzpatxuriko erreka, union of Pagolako uhaitza and Lambarreko erreka

Joyeuse, from IholdyAzkabi, from LohitzunEhulondo, from BerrauteMihurrieta, from BéguiosLauhirasse, from SussauteIhiburu > Lihoury, union of 3 small rivers: Aphatarena '''', La Harane and Arbelua > Arbéroue.