Uhabia

Uhabia

The Uhabia in Bidart
Country France
Basin
Main source Woods of Ustaritz
River mouth Bay of Biscay
43°25′56″N 1°35′59″W / 43.43222°N 1.59972°W / 43.43222; -1.59972 (Mouth of Uhabia)Coordinates: 43°25′56″N 1°35′59″W / 43.43222°N 1.59972°W / 43.43222; -1.59972 (Mouth of Uhabia)
Physical characteristics
Length 15 km (9 mi)

The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river of the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, Southwest France.

Geography

Bidart, the Mill of Bassilour (1741) on the Uhabia
The estuary of the Uhabia

It rises at Goizbide in the woods above Ustaritz and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, where it is known as the Apalagako erreka. It collects waters from the Alhorgako Erreka and drains the plain of Belhardi in the north of Ahetze, before flowing into the Bay of Biscay in Bidart.

Name

Its name Uhabia is the regular evolution of ur habia, that can be translated as "course of the water".

Main tributaries

Départements and towns

References

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