| Léez | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France | 
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near Gardères | 
| Mouth | |
|  • location | Adour | 
|  • coordinates | 43°41′12″N 0°14′39″W / 43.68667°N 0.24417°W | 
| Length | 56 km (35 mi) | 
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Adour→ Atlantic Ocean | 
The Léez (Leez, Lées, Léès, Lees) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is 56.2 km (34.9 mi) long.[1]
Name
This name proceeds from an Aquitanian hydronym Lez / Liz.
Geography
The Léez rises near Gardères in the north of the plateau of Ger. It flows north through the Vic-Bilh area in the east of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and joins the Adour in the French département of the Gers, upstream from Aire-sur-l'Adour.
Main tributaries
- (L) the Petit-Léez,
- (L) the Gabassot,
- (R) the Larcis,
- (R) the canal of Bernède, long of 2 km, fed by the Adour.
References
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