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Adour

American  
[uh-door, ah-door] / əˈdʊər, ɑˈdur /

noun

  1. a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.


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The Nive and the Adour meet beneath our feet.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Vegetation within the circles can sometimes be suppressed, notes Isabelle Moretti, a geologist at the University of Pau and the Adour Region who has documented hydrogen seeping from fairy circles in Brazil, Namibia, and Australia.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2023

Ferme Descoubet lies at the far western edge of the Gers, near where the dense hills of the Gascon heartland flatten out into the alluvial plain of the Adour River.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017

In a sort of ham homage, the leaders of modern-day France designated the basin of the Adour River near the Spanish border as the exclusive realm of Bayonne Ham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2014

The Gave de Pau, a larger stream than the Adour, passes Pau and Orthez, but its current is so swift that it is only navigable for a few miles above its junction with the Adour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various