The Lavedan, or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes.

The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France. It takes its name from the city of Pau, through which it flows. The river is 181.3 kilometres long, and although its source is considered to be on t