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The main tributaries of the
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As a result, overfishing has become a major problem for the river's fauna, with special pressure put on salmon migrating upstream to spawn. They do not make it to their goal and die before spawning, either falling prey to fishers' bait or an inability to overcome hydroelectric power stations (128
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The river is best known for establishing the borderline at its lower tract. This stretch is crossed not only by aircraft at low height but by important
European communication axes, namely AP8 E5 E80 - E70 A63 (motorway, connection at the Biriatu toll), main roads N1 - N10 (connection at the
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Regional Government of Navarre are underway with a view to handling the issue.
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territory, except for the last 10 km (6.2 mi), where it establishes the borderline between France and Spain, as well as the boundary between the
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But for the first 15-odd kilometres, the river clings to the north to south disposition of other neighbouring rivers of
Gipuzkoa joining the
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Geographical descriptive account of the Lower
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Before pouring its waters into the ocean, it forms a bay called
Txingudi located between these towns and
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serving domestic flights and currently mired in controversy over its lengthening and upgrading scheme.
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in 2002, with a total area of 1.28 km (0.49 sq mi). The banks of
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that runs largely south to north. Named as such downstream of the village of
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Report for Correction Measures on the Bidasoa (link to Pdf, site in Spanish)
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366:Wetland of International Importance
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882:Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
862:International rivers of Europe
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663:Battle of the Bidassoa (1813)
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697:"Ríos: Río Bidasoa"
641:Chondrostoma miegii
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836:Categories
800:References
787:20 October
781:Ingurumena
758:20 October
706:20 October
612:allis shad
246:pronounced
188:Basin size
152:43°22′22″N
680:Footnotes
488:Doneztebe
453:Navarrese
347:EuskoTren
200:Discharge
155:1°47′31″W
64:Countries
822:Txingudi
820:Bidasoa-
652:See also
620:flounder
578:bullhead
461:Gipuzkoa
446:Elizondo
426:Pompaelo
242:Bidassoa
229:Spanish:
109:Pyrenees
107:Western
59:Location
18:Bidassoa
596:gudgeon
500:Behobia
496:Biriatu
478:, e.g.
469:Navarre
465:Labourd
404:Spanish
351:Hendaye
322:Hendaye
314:airport
299:Hendaye
279:Erratzu
275:Navarre
225:Bidasoa
33:Bidasoa
722:Sandre
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562:salmon
480:Urumea
457:Basque
430:Oiasso
422:Basque
414:French
406:, and
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335:Saizar
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259:Spain
120:Mouth
71:Spain
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708:2013
636:Ebro
492:Bera
484:Oria
463:and
362:Irun
343:SNCF
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