Nive

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.

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.

• Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel
• Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
• Laka, from Ossès
• Baztan, from Bidarray
• Latsa, from Espelette