Nive

River in France

43°03′38″N 1°11′49″W / 43.06056°N 1.19694°W / 43.06056; -1.19694 Mouth

• location

Adour

• coordinates

43°29′38″N 1°28′27″W / 43.49389°N 1.47417°W / 43.49389; -1.47417Length79 km (49 mi)Basin size1,030 km² (400 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionAdour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Nive (French pronunciation: [niv]; Basque: Errobi; Occitan: Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. It is 78.9 km (49.0 mi) long.^[1] The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.

Geography

Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in 1843, by Eugène de Malbos

Confluence of the Nive in Bayonne in 1843, by Eugène de Malbos

The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:

The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream)
The Laurhibar
The Nive d'Arnéguy.

The Nive passes through the towns of Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Bidarray, Cambo-les-Bains, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.

Principal tributaries

Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Laka, from Ossès
Baztan, from Bidarray
Latsa, from Espelette

See also

Battle of the Nive

References

^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Nive (Q9--0250)".

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nive.

(in French) Au fil des Nives
(in French) Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
(in French) Contrat de Rivière des Nives

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