The Orbieu River In French Occitania. Stock Image

Its source is in the Corbières in Aude.Its course, 84 km long, crosses the tormented borders where the Languedoc plain and the Pyrenees massif meet, to flow into the wine-growing plain. The Orbieu is a fairly irregular river and subject to major mood swings. Its name comes from the term Or bieu which means Blue Gold. A significant name given the living conditions where water in the Corbi res is a very rare and very precious resource.