Louts

{{Infobox river

| name = Louts

| image = Pont Los Larbei.jpg

| image_caption =

| pushpin_map = France#France Nouvelle-Aquitaine

| source1_location = North of Pau

| mouth_location = Adour

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43|44|27|N|0|56|1|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| progression = {{RAdour}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = France

| length = {{convert|86|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

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The Louts ({{IPA|fr|luts}}; {{langx|oc|Lots}}) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is {{convert|85.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} long.{{sandre|id=Q30-0400|nom=Le Louts}}

Name

It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.(Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).

Geography

The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.

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