Nive
Nive in Bayonne
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pyrenees
• coordinates	43°03′38″N 1°11′49″W / 43.06056°N 1.19694°W / 43.06056; -1.19694
Mouth
• location	Adour
• coordinates	43°29′38″N 1°28′27″W / 43.49389°N 1.47417°W / 43.49389; -1.47417
Length	79 km (49 mi)
Basin size	1,030 km2 (400 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Nive (French pronunciation: [niv]; Basque: Errobi; Occitan: Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. It is 78.9 km (49.0 mi) long.^[1] The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the Le petit Nicolas series.

Geography

Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

Nive in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in 1843, by Eugène de Malbos

Confluence of the Nive in Bayonne in 1843, by Eugène de Malbos

The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port:

• 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

See also

• Battle of the Nive

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nive.

• (in French) Au fil des Nives
• (in French) Tour de la Haute vallée de la Nive
• (in French) Contrat de Rivière des Nives