Ourse
| Ourse | |
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Confluence of the Ourse de Sost (left) and the Ourse de Ferrère (right) at Mauléon
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| Country | France |
| Basin features | |
| Main source | Pyrenees |
| River mouth |
Garonne 43°01′18″N 0°36′55″E / 43.0217°N 0.6153°ECoordinates: 43°01′18″N 0°36′55″E / 43.0217°N 0.6153°E |
| Progression | Garonne→ Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin size | 139 km2 (54 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 25.4 km (15.8 mi) |
L'Ourse, or Ourse de Ferrère, is a French river in the Pyrenees, a tributary of la Garonne.
It forms the Barousse valley.
According to the Sandre, its mother-course is the ruisseau de Seuès which begins at 1,770 m high, NNW of the lac de Crouès.
After a few km, it is joined left by the Salabe runlet and then becomes l'Ourse de Ferrère, which joins l'Ourse de Sost at Mauléon-Barousse and then becomes l'Ourse.
It joins the Garonne left bank at 441 m high in the commune of Loures-Barousse.
The area covered « Ruisseau de Seuès-Ourse de Ferrère-Ourse » is 25,4 km long, for a watershed of 139 km wide.
L'Ourse runs through 13 communes in the Hautes-Pyrénées, all located in the canton of Mauléon-Barousse, from high to low : Ferrère, Ourde, Mauléon-Barousse, Troubat, Bramevaque, Gembrie, Antichan, Créchets, Anla, Aveux, Sarp, Izaourt, et Loures-Barousse.
It has 20 tributaries recorded by the Sandre, of which two are more than 5 km long :
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