Nive

The Nive (Errobi) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.

Geography

• The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream)
• The Laurhibar
• The Nive d'Arnéguy.

The Nive passes through the towns of Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Bidarray, Cambo-les-Bains, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour.

Principal tributaries

• Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
• Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
• Laka, from Ossès
• Baztan, from Bidarray
• Latsa, from Espelette

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Nive at the Sandre database

External links

• Au fil des Nives
• Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
• Contrat de Rivière des Nives