Uhabia

Uhabia
The Uhabia in Bidart
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Woods of Ustaritz
Mouth
• location	Bay of Biscay
• coordinates	43°25′56″N 1°35′59″W
Length	15 km (9 mi)

The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river of the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, southwest France. It is 15.1 km (9.4 mi) long.

Geography

Bidart, the Mill of Bassilour (1741) on the Uhabia

The estuary of the Uhabia

It rises at Goizbide in the woods above Ustaritz and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, where it is known as the Apalagako erreka. It collects waters from the Alhorgako Erreka and drains the plain of Belhardi in the north of Ahetze, before flowing into the Bay of Biscay in Bidart.

Name

Its name Uhabia is the regular evolution of ur habia, that can be translated as "course of the water".

Main tributaries

• Barrandiko Erreka, from Othe Xuria
• Alhorgako Erreka, from Zirikolatz

Départements and towns

• Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Ustaritz, Arbonne, Bidart.