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River in France
The Gabas (French pronunciation: [ɡabas]; Occitan: Gabàs) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. It is 116.7 km (72.5 mi) long.[1]
Name
The name Gabas is derived from the French gave (Gascon: 'gabe'), which in the Pyrenees generically describes a small or large watercourse. The river was known as the fluvius gavasensis in 982.[2]
A tributary of the Léez is named the Gabassot, a hypocoristic of Gabas.
Geography
The Gabas rises in the plateau of Ger in the north of Lourdes, as the union of the Gabastou and the Honrède. It flows north-west like the neighboring rivers: the Luy, the Uzan and the Ousse.
The Gabas crosses the Tursan, in the Landes. It flows into the Adour in Toulouzette, downstream from Saint-Sever.
A dam of 20 million cubic metres (16,000 acre⋅ft) was built in its upper course to regulate the lowest water level.