Rivière· 43 segments
Le Gave de Pau
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Total length
148km
Max discharge
133,1m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
43
River geography3 admin regions · 96 communes
3 administrative regions crossed (GADM L2)
- Pyrénées-AtlantiquesNouvelle-Aquitaine · France103.7 kmin this dpt
- Hautes-PyrénéesOccitanie · France22.2 kmin this dpt
- LandesNouvelle-Aquitaine · France16.5 kmin this dpt
96 communes (L5)For countries with L5
- Mont11.27 km
- Orthez9.27 km
- Montaut9.19 km
- Lourdes8.06 km
- Labatut8.03 km
- Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre5.04 km
- Laroin4.68 km
- Lacq4.03 km
- Castétis3.87 km
- Urdès3.70 km
- Artiguelouve3.35 km
- Puyoô3.25 km
- Arbus2.73 km
- Argagnon2.70 km
- Cauneille2.64 km
- Coarraze2.62 km
- Assat2.37 km
- Labastide-Cézéracq2.37 km
- Denguin2.36 km
- Agos-Vidalos2.05 km
- Os-Marsillon2.05 km
- Maslacq2.01 km
- Meillon1.99 km
- Lons1.98 km
- Serres-Sainte-Marie1.98 km
- Ramous1.95 km
- Arthez-de-Béarn1.88 km
- Bésingrand1.73 km
- Bérenx1.70 km
- Igon1.58 km
- Casteide-Cami1.57 km
- Abidos1.54 km
- Ger1.49 km
- Nay1.49 km
- Billère1.46 km
- Pardies1.46 km
- Baigts-de-Béarn1.38 km
- Habas1.37 km
- Peyrehorade1.36 km
- Sorde-l'Abbaye1.35 km
- Geu1.30 km
- Beaucens1.20 km
- Baliros1.12 km
- Oeyregave0.97 km
- Lahontan0.95 km
- Ayzac-Ost0.94 km
- Lugagnan0.91 km
- Biron0.90 km
- Abos0.88 km
- Jurançon0.86 km
- Saint-Cricq-du-Gave0.79 km
- Boô-Silhen0.73 km
- Lescar0.73 km
- Lestelle-Bétharram0.62 km
- Salles-Mongiscard0.48 km
- Sarpourenx0.47 km
- Villelongue0.41 km
- Siros0.37 km
- Bellocq0.34 km
- Pau0.33 km
- Saint-Faust0.14 km
- Viger0.06 km
- Narcastet0.03 km
- Cescau0.00 km
- Argelès-Gazost0.00 km
- Artix0.00 km
- Gez0.00 km
- Pierrefitte-Nestalas0.00 km
- Saint-Pastous0.00 km
- Saint-Savin0.00 km
- Soulom0.00 km
- Tarsacq0.00 km
- Berbérust-Lias0.00 km
- Jarret0.00 km
- Saint-Créac0.00 km
- Bartrès0.00 km
- Ossen0.00 km
- Bordes0.00 km
- Hastingues0.00 km
- Boeil-Bezing0.00 km
- Mirepeix0.00 km
- Poey-de-Lescar0.00 km
- Saint-Vincent0.00 km
- Asson0.00 km
- Aussevielle0.00 km
- Pardies-Piétat0.00 km
- Noguères0.00 km
- Mourenx0.00 km
- Lagor0.00 km
- Gelos0.00 km
- Rontignon0.00 km
- Uzos0.00 km
- Aressy0.00 km
- Doazon0.00 km
- Aspin-en-Lavedan0.00 km
- Adast0.00 km
13 intersecting protected areas
National Park - Buffer zone/Area of adhesion
Gave de Pau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Granquet-Pibeste et Soum d'Ech
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Château d'Orthez et bords du gave
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Massif Du Pibeste - Aoulhet
IUCN IVRegional Nature Reserve
Pics de l'Estibet et de Mondragon
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Barrage d'Artix et saligue du Gave de Pau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Protection Area (Birds Directive)
Le Gave d'Oloron (cours d'eau) et marais de Labastide-Villefranche
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Saint-Pe-De-Bigorre (De)
IUCN IaForest Integral Biological Reserve
4 more protected areassorted by area
Gaves de Pau et de Cauterets (et gorge de Cauterets)
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
Gave De Pau
IUCN IVBiotope Protection Order
Parc boisé du Château de Pau
IUCN Not ReportedSpecial Areas of Conservation (Habitats Directive)
tourbiere et prairies denis
IUCN IVLand acquired by a regional conservatory of natural areas
1 page = 1 named river (aggregation of 43 HydroRIVERS v10 segments). Spatial join cached after first hit.
Species present
1 030 distinct species · 7 360 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Le Gave de Pau : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 137 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 17.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 15 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology (HydroRIVERS v10)
Total length
148km
Max discharge
133,1m³/s
Max Strahler
5
Segments matched
43
HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Lehner et al. 2019) aggregated by name + main_riv → 1 entity = 1 named river.