Geography
- The river Adour enters the Atlantic between Anglet and Tarnos.
- A pine forest covers 10% of the town (primarily in the Pignada, Lazaret and Chiberta areas).
- The sandy coast which commences 200 km (120 mi) to the North at the Pointe de Grave, the end of the Gironde estuary, ends here. Numerous dikes mark the Anglet shoreline.
- A 5 km (3.1 mi) coastline consisting mainly of sandy beaches stretching from the Adour estuary to the lighthouse in Biarritz
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