// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the lout say when his mom asked him to take out the trash? "Lout me alone!
| Louts | |
|---|---|
 | |
  Location within France  Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North of Pau |
| Mouth | |
• location | Adour |
• coordinates | 43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°W |
| Length | 86 km (53 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Louts (French pronunciation: [luts]; Occitan: Lots) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is 85.7 km (53.3 mi) long.[1]
Name
[edit]It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.[2]
Geography
[edit]The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.
Départements and towns
[edit]- Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
- Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Louts (Q30-0400)". Sandre. SandreQ30-0400.
- ↑ (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).