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Vert (river)

The Vert is a left tributary of the Gave d'Oloron, that drains the Barétous in the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It flows into the Gave d'Oloron in Moumour, downstream from Oloron-Sainte-Marie. It is long. Vert means 'green' in French, but the river name, Bert in 1467, is related to the Gascon word barta that means 'floodplain'. The Vert is formed in Aramits from the confluence of: * (R) the Vert d'Arette, Larron in 1589, from the Chousse Plateau, below the Pic de Guillers, elevation , * (L) the Vert de Barlanès, from Issarbe and Lanne-en-Barétous.

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The Vert is a left tributary of the Gave d'Oloron, that drains the Barétous in the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It flows into the Gave d'Oloron in Moumour, downstream from Oloron-Sainte-Marie. It is long. Vert means 'green' in French, but the river name, Bert in 1467, is related to the Gascon word barta that means 'floodplain'. The Vert is formed in Aramits from the confluence of: * (R) the Vert d'Arette, Larron in 1589, from the Chousse Plateau, below the Pic de Guillers, elevation , * (L) the Vert de Barlanès, from Issarbe and Lanne-en-Barétous.

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  1. date of formation: 1589 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1589". What evidence would count against this claim?
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  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374572330

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