Louts

Louts
Country France
Basin
Main source North of Pau
River mouth Adour
43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°W / 43.74083; -0.93361 (Adour-Louts)Coordinates: 43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°W / 43.74083; -0.93361 (Adour-Louts)
Progression AdourAtlantic Ocean
Physical characteristics
Length 86 km (53 mi)

The Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour, in Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France.

Name

It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.[1]

Geography

The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.

Départements and towns

References

  1. (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).


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