Louts

Louts
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Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North of Pau
Mouth
• location	Adour
• coordinates	43°44′27″N0°56′1″W / 43.74083°N 0.93361°W / 43.74083; -0.93361
Length	86 km (53 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Louts (French pronunciation: [luts] ; Occitan : Lots) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is 85.7 km (53.3 mi) long. ^[1]

Name

It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium. ^[2]

Geography

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

Départements and towns

• Pyrénées-Atlantiques  : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
• Landes  : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.

References

1. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Louts (Q30-0400)".
2. ( Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).