Midou

LocationCountryFrancePhysical characteristicsSource  • locationGers Mouth Midouze43°53′29″N 0°30′9″W / 43.89139°N 0.50250°W / 43.89139; -0.50250 (Midouze-Midou)Length108 km (67 mi)Basin featuresProgressionMidouze→ Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Midou or Midour (/midu/, Occitan: Midor) is the left precursor of the Midouze, in the Southwest of France.

Geography

The Midou rises in Armagnac, in the Gers département. It joins the Douze in Mont-de-Marsan to constitute the Midouze, a tributary of the Adour. It is considered the upper course of the Midouze by Sandre.^[1]

Départements and towns

• Gers: by Nogaro
• Landes: Villeneuve-de-Marsan, Mont-de-Marsan

Main tributaries

• (R) Riberette or Midour de Devant.^[2]
• (R) Midouzon,
• (L) Izaute, from Termes-d'Armagnac,
  • (R) Jurane,
• (R) Estang.
• (L) Ludon, from Le Houga.

N.B. : (R) = right tributary; (L) = left tributary

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