| Saison | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Licq-Athérey |
| Mouth | Gave d'Oloron |
| Basin countries | France |
| Length | 74 km |
| Source elevation | 288 m |
| Basin area | 627 km² |
The Saison[1] or Uhaitz Handia[2], is a left tributary of the Gave d'Oloron, in the French Basque Country (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. Licq-Athérey ( Basque: Ligi-Atherei) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern The Gave d'Oloron is a River of south-western France near the border with Spain. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Gave d'Oloron is a River of south-western France near the border with Spain. The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country (Pays basque français Iparralde constitutes the North-Eastern part of the Basque Country and the Western Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a department This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
It is also known as the Gave de Mauléon.
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Geography
The river is formed in Licq-Athérey from the confluence of the Gave de Sainte-Engrâce (from the Pierre-Saint-Martin Cave) and the Gave de Larrau (from the Pic d'Orhy). Licq-Athérey ( Basque: Ligi-Atherei) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern The Uhaitxa or Gave de Sainte-Engrâce, is a torrential river of the French Basque Country ( Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in the Southwest The Gave de Larrau is a torrential river of the French Basque Country ( Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in the Southwest of France. The mount Orhy ( French) also Ori or Orhi in Spanish and Basque, is a mount located in the border of Navarre and
It flows north and joins the Gave d'Oloron in Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren, downstream from Sauveterre-de-Béarn. The Gave d'Oloron is a River of south-western France near the border with Spain. Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Sauveterre-de-Béarn is a commune and town in south-west France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, on the border with
Départements and towns
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Tardets-Sorholus, Mauléon-Licharre. Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a department Tardets-Sorholus ( Basque: Atharratze-Sorholüze) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département Mauléon-Licharre or simply Mauléon (Maule-Lextarre is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in France
Name
The vernacular name Uhaitz handia (or simply Uhaitza) is based on the common word uhaitz meaning 'torrential river' in Euskara. Vernacular refers to the Native language of a country or a locality Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain It corresponds to the French word gave. The French word gave is a generic name referring to torrential rivers in the west side of the Pyrenees. -a is the article and handi means 'big'.
The enigmatic gascon name Saison could be due to an attraction by the word season of the former name Gaison, itself derived from the variant ugaitz of uhaitz.
Tributaries are also interesting from a linguistic point of vue, with two specific stems:
- *Apʰanize: name of tributaries from Montory (Apʰanize) and from Haux (Apʰanixe)[3]. In Linguistics, a stem (sometimes also theme) is the part of a word that is common to all its inflected variants Ap ʰ anize is a Basque place name. It is found in the Aphanize Pass, a mountain pass between the valleys of the
- *Apʰahura: leading to the following names: Apʰaura (from Aroue and from Arrast[4], Apʰura (from Alçay), Apʰuhura (from Aussurucq). Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette (Altzai-Altzabeheti-Zunharreta is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Aussurucq (Altzürükü is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
The stem gezal, a derivate of basque gazi 'salty', applied to 'still water', is alo represented.
Main tributaries
- (R) Apʰanixe (Appaniche), from Haux
- (L) Elgabarrena or Ütʰürrotxa, from Etchebar
- (R) Apʰanize[5], from Montory
- (L) Apʰura or Aphoura, from Alçay
- (L) Gezala / Guéçala, from Camou-Cihigue
- (L) Apʰuhura (Aphouhoura) or Gezaleko erreka / Guéçalia, from Aussurucq
- (L) Arangorena, from Ordiarp
- (L) Abarrakia, from Musculdy
- (R) Apʰaura[6], from Arrast-Larrebieu,
- (L) Barlako erreka or Apʰaura[7], from Aroue,
- (L) Héourqué, from Lohitzun-Oyhercq
- (L) Xuhukoa, from Domezain
Notes
- ^ Gaison on the 18th century map by Cassini; Sazon in 1548. Haux (Hauze is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. Etchebar (Etxebarre is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. Montory ( Basque: Montori) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette (Altzai-Altzabeheti-Zunharreta is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Camou-Cihigue (Gamere-Zihiga is a village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. Aussurucq (Altzürükü is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Ordiarp (Urdiñarbe is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. Musculdy (Muskildi is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. Arrast-Larrebieu (Ürrustoi-Larrebille is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby (Arüe-Ithorrotze-Olhaibi is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. Lohitzun-Oyhercq (Lohitzüne-Oihergi is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France Domezain-Berraute (Domintxaine-Berroeta is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France César-François Cassini de Thury, called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French Astronomer and Cartographer.
- ^ Uhaits handia on the map of Cassini
- ^ x [ʃ] is a softened allomorph of the phoneme z (laminal [s] as the French ss). This article is about a linguistic term See Pseudomorph for another The phoneME project is Sun Microsystems reference implementation of Java virtual machine and associated libraries of Java ME with source licensed under the GNU A laminal consonant is a Phone produced by obstructing the air passage with the blade of the tongue which is the flat top front surface just behind the tip of the
- ^ also graphied Apʰanire following Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées, 1863. Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a department
- ^ Aphanize, Aphanice
- ^ L'Apaure, la Phaure…
- ^ La Phaure, Lafaure…
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