Léez
# Léez

The Léez (Leez, Lées, Léès, Lees) is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Southwest of France. It is 56.2 km (34.9 mi) long.

## Name

This name proceeds from an Aquitanian hydronym Lez / Liz.

## Geography

The Léez rises near Gardères in the north of the plateau of Ger. It flows north through the Vic-Bilh area in the east of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and joins the Adour in the French département of the Gers, upstream from Aire-sur-l'Adour.

## Main tributaries

* (L) the Petit-Léez,
* (L) the Gabassot,
* (R) the Larcis,
* (R) the canal of Bernède, long of 2 km, fed by the Adour.
