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Rivière Des Perdrix (Bras Saint-Nicolas)
The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Cap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec, Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, Quebec, Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Rivière des Perdrix is a tributary of the south bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas, which flows on the southeast bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the Perdrix river are: * north side: St. Lawrence River, Bras Saint-Nicolas; * east side: Guimont stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas, Inconnue River (rivière des Perdrix tributary), Inconnue River; * south side: rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Fraser River (rivière du Sud tributary), Fraser River, Alick River; * west side: rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Bras Saint-Nicolas. The Perdrix River has its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: *One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; *15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers. Quebec has 2% of all fresh water on the planet."''Du Québec à la Louisiane, sur les traces des Français d'Amérique'', Géo Histoire, Hors-série, Éditions Prisma, Paris, October 2006 James Bay watershed James Bay Rivers flowing into James Bay, listed from south to north * Rivière au Saumon (Baie James) * Rivière au Phoque (Baie James) * Désenclaves River * Roggan River ** Corbin River ** Anistuwach River * Kapsaouis River * Piagochioui River =Tributaries of La Grande River= =Tributaries of Rupert River= =Tributaries of Broadback River= =Tributaries of Nottaway River= Tributaries of Waswanipi River (which empties in Nottaway River via Matagami Lake) Tributaries of Bell River Quebec rivers flowing in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Autoroute 20
Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the Quebec Autoroute 25, A-25 interchange (road), interchange to the Quebec Autoroute 85, A-85 interchange. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec. It is one of two main links between Montreal and Quebec City; the other is the Quebec Autoroute 40, A-40. There are two sections of the A-20, separated by a gap. The main segment extends for from the Ontario border to its current terminus at Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, Trois-Pistoles. The second, more northerly section is far shorter (), constructed as a super two autoroute (one lane in each direction), which bypasses Rimouski, Quebec, Rimouski to the south and ends at a roundabout junction with Quebec Route 132, Highway 132 in Mont-Joli, Quebec, Mont-Joli. While the Quebec government has completed envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inconnue River (rivière Des Perdrix)
Inconnue River may refer to: * Inconnue River (rivière des Perdrix tributary), Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada * Inconnue River (Maicasagi River tributary), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Mountains
The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains (Vermont), Green Mountains of Vermont. The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern edge of the St. Lawrence River valley, and following the Canada–United States border between Quebec and Maine. The mountainous Madawaska County, New Brunswick, New Brunswick "panhandle" is located in the Notre Dame range as well as the uppermost reaches of the Connecticut River valley in New Hampshire. As the mountains are geologic timescale, geologically old, they have erosion, eroded to an average height of around . Etymology ''Notre Dame'' is French for "Our Lady," a Catholic term referring to Veneration of Mary in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin Mary. While on an expedition on 15 August 1535, Jacques Cartier wrote: The ''jour Notre Dame d'aoust XVe'' refers to the feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorated in the Catholic Church on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alick River
The Alick River (''in French: rivière Alick'') crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, in Canada. The Alick River is a tributary of the south bank of the Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows first southwest, then northeast to the south bank of St. Lawrence River. Toponymy The toponym Rivière Alick was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. See also * |
Fraser River (rivière Du Sud Tributary)
The Fraser River (''in French: rivière Fraser'') crosses the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Quebec, Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The confluence of the Moulin river constitutes the source of the Alick River which flows on the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter first flows southwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the Moulin river are ː * north side: Alick River, Dominique stream; * east side: rivière des Cèdres (Noire River tributary), rivière des Cèdres, Noire North-West River; * south side: Gabriel River; * west side: rivière du Pin (North River tributary), rivière du Pin. The river of the Moulin takes its source from a small lake on the northern slope of a mountain of Notre Dame Mountains, in the fifth rang, north of the village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inconnue River (rivière Des Perdrix Tributary)
The Inconnue River (''in French: rivière Inconnue'') flows in the municipalities of Cap-Saint-Ignace and Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The "Inconnue River" is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière des Perdrix, which flows towards the south bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas; from there, the current flows to the southeast shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Inconnue River are: * north side: rivière des Perdrix, St. Lawrence River, Bras Saint-Nicolas; * east side: Fortin stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas, Cloutier River; * south side: rivière des Perdrix, Cloutier River, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Fraser River; * west side: rivière des Perdrix, Morigeau River. The Inconnue River has its source on the north slope of the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (, "River of the South") is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Armagh, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Geography The South River has its source in rang Saint-Thomas, in the township of D'Ashburton, in the municipality of Notre- Dame-du-Rosaire 25 km south-east of Montmagny. This source is located in a forest and mountain area on the southwest slope of a mountain. The south river "first flows south-east along the Appalachian mountain lines, then makes a large curve towards the north-east to orient itself more or less parallel to the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. From its source, the South River flows o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain .... Chaudière-Appalaches has over 50% of sugar maples in Quebec, thus producing the most maple syrup in Canada as well as the World. Chaudière-Appalaches has a population of 433,312 residents (as of the Canada 2021 Census) and a land area of . The main cities are Lévis, Saint-Georges, Thetford Mines, Sainte-Marie and Montmagny. Administrative divisions Regional county municipalities Equivalent territory Major communities * Beauceville * L'Islet * Lac-Etchemin * Lév ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
