Bouès

Bouès
Location within France Location within Occitanie
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Plateau de Lannemezan
Mouth
• location	Arros
• coordinates	43°33′53″N 0°5′50″E
Length	63 km (39 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Arros→ Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Bouès (Occitan: Boés) is a right tributary of the Arros, at the eastern end of the basin of the Adour, in Occitania, southwestern France. It is 63 km (39 mi) long.

Geography

The Bouès rises near Capvern, west of Lannemezan where it is fed by the Neste Canal. It flows north through a narrow valley and joins the Arros, downstream from Marciac, in a historical region known as Rivière-Basse.

Départements and towns

• Hautes-Pyrénées : Capvern, Lutilhous, Bernadets-Dessus, Sère-Rustaing, Vidou.
• Gers : Miélan, Tillac (Gers), Marciac.

Main tributaries

• (R) Cabournieu, from Monpardiac
• (L) Laüs or Lahus, from Laguian-Mazous
• (R) Lis or Lys