See also:

• ADOUR (anc. Aturrus or Adurus, from Celtic dour, water)

ADOUR (anc. Aturrus or Adurus, from See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic dour, See also:

• WATER

water)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, rising in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Hautes See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, and flowing in a wide See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve to the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BISCAY (Vizcaya)
• BISCAY, BAY OF (Fr. Golfe de Gascogne; Sp. Golfo de Vizcaya)

Biscay . It is formed of several streams having their origin in the massifs of the Pic d'Arbizon and the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, but during the first See also:

• HALF

half of its course remains an inconsiderable river . In traversing the beautiful valley of See also:

• CAMPAN, JEANNE LOUISE HENRIETTE (1752-1822)

Campan it is artificially augmented in summer by the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the See also:

• LAC

Lac Bleu, which are See also:

• DRAWN

drawn off by means of a See also:

• SIPHON, or SYPHON (Lat. sipho; Gr. vi4xov, a tube)

siphon, and flow down the valley of Lesponne . After passing Bagneres de Bigorre the See also:

• ADOUR (anc. Aturrus or Adurus, from Celtic dour, water)

Adour enters the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

• TARBES

Tarbes, and for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of its course in the department of Hautes Pyrenees is of much less importance as a waterway than as a means of feeding the numerous See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation canals which See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the plains on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . Of these the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest and most important is the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal d'See also:

• ALARIC (Ala-reiks, " All-ruler "), (c. 370-410)

Alaric, which follows the right See also:

• BANK

bank for 36 m . Entering the department of See also:

• GERS

Gers, the Adour receives the Arros on the right bank and begins to de, See also:

• SCRIBE, AUGUSTIN EUGENE (1791-1860, French dramatist, was born in Paris on the 24th of December 1791. His father was a silk merchant, and he was well educated, being destined for the bar. But, having a real gift for the theatre, a gift which unfortunately

scribe ,the large westward curve which takes it through the department of See also:

• LANDES

Landes to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . In the last-named department it soon becomes navigable, namely, at St Sever, after passing which it is joined on the See also:

• LEFT

left by the Larcis, Gabas, Louts and Luy, and on the right by the Midouze, which is formed by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Douze and the Midour, and is navigable for 27 m.; now taking a south-See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly course it receives on the left the Gave de See also:

• PAU

Pau, which is a more voluminous river than the Adour itself, and flowing past See also:

• BAYONNE

Bayonne enters the sea through a dangerous See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary, in which sandbars are formed, after a See also:

• TOTAL

total course of 208 m., of which 82 are navigable . The mouth of the Adour has repeatedly shifted, its old See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed being represented by the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of etangs and lagoons extending northward as far' as the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Vieux Boucau, 222 M. See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Bayonne, where it found a new entrance into the sea at the end of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Its previous mouth had been 10 m. south of Vieux Boucau . The See also:

• PRESENT

present channel was constructed by the engineer See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis de See also:

• FOIX

Foix in 1579 . There is a See also:

• DEPTH

depth over the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at the entrance of 102 to 16 ft. at high See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide . The See also:

• AREA

area of the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the Adour is 6565 sq. m .