The Ousse , is a right tributary of the Gave de Pau , in Béarn ( Pyrénées-Atlantiques ), in the southwest of France . It flows into the Gave at the foot of the Pau Castle . It is 42.4 km (26.3 mi) long.
3-543: The name Ousse is a common river name, probably derived from a former Ourse , that applies to many other rivers, as a tributary of the Gers . The river left its name to the riverside commune Ousse . The Ousse rises in Bartrès , a few kilometres north of Lourdes , at an elevation of 492 metres (1,614 ft) above sea level. It drains an old dry valley left by the Gave de Pau after
6-509: Is the main activity. The Ousse flows into the Gave in the town of Pau . Ousse Ousse ( French pronunciation: [us] ; Occitan : Ossa ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France . In 1973, it was merged into the commune Idron-Lée-Ousse-Sendets (renamed Idron-Ousse-Sendets after Lée left the commune in 1989) with three other communes: Lée , Idron and Sendets . In 2000
9-518: The final installation of the moraine of Lourdes, during the Riss glaciation . During the previous Mindel glaciation , the Gave flowed through Pont-Long , an older dry valley on the north of the Ousse. The Ousse valley is separated from the Gave by littoral deposits dating from Ypresian to Miocene . The Ousse meanders in its valley which has a very low slope. The drainage is improved by many ditches. Breeding
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