Midouze

The Midouze (French pronunciation: [miduz]; Occitan: Midosa), is a right tributary of the Adour river, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France.

Midouze
Confluence of the Douze and the Midou in Mont-de-Marsan
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Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	confluence of Midou and Douze
Mouth
• location	Adour
• coordinates	43°48′1″N 0°51′39″W
Length	43 + 108 km (27 + 67 mi)
Basin size	3,590 km2 (1,390 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	20.5 m3/s (720 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

Name

The name Midouze is a portmanteau that fuses the names of the two precursors of the river, the Midou and the Douze.

Geography

The Midouze is the union of the Midou (or Midour) and the Douze. These two rivers rise in the Gers département (in the historical region of Armagnac) and join in Mont-de-Marsan. After a course of 43 kilometres (27 mi), the Midouze flows into the Adour downstream from Tartas. It has a length of 151 kilometres (94 mi) from the source of the Midou.^[1]

Départements and towns

• Landes : Mont-de-Marsan, Tartas

Main tributaries

• (R) Estrigon, from Labrit.
• (R) Bez, from Morcenx.