The Cliche River (''in French: rivière Cliche'') is a tributary of the west bank of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...

which flows northwards to empty onto the south bank of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Frédéric (MRC

Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality Beauce-Centre () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional Cou ...

) and

Saint-Joseph-des-Érables Saint-Joseph-des-Érables () is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 377 as of 2021. Saint-Joseph-des-Érables lies on the ...

, in the

La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality La Nouvelle-Beauce (, ''New Beauce'') is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, Quebec, Lévis, along the Chaudière Ri ...

, in the administrative region of

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 Appalachia ...

, in

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, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Cliche river are: * north side: Lessard River, Nadeau River, Savoie River,

; * east side:

; * south side: Castors stream, Ormes stream, rivière des Fermes, Cinque River; * west side: Lessard River. The Cliche river takes its source on the eastern slope of a mountain located in the northwestern part of the municipality of Saint-Frédéric. This head area is located north-west of the village center of Saint-Frédéric, at north of the village center of

Tring-Jonction Tring-Jonction () is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021. It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" ref ...

, at east of the center of the village of

Saint-Séverin Saint-Séverin (; ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Geography The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Dronne, which forms the commune's southern border. Population See also *Com ...

and at west of the

. From its source, the Cliche river flows over divided into the following segments: * southeasterly, in the municipality of Saint-Frédéric, to rang Saint-Narcisse road; * southeasterly, to rang Saint-Pierre road; * northeasterly, to route 112; * northeasterly, to the limit of the municipality of

, Quebec, Saint-Joseph-des-Érables; * eastward, up to its confluence. The Cliche river empties on the west bank of the

, in

. This confluence is located upstream of the bridge in the village of Vallée-Jonction and at downstream of the

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce () is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The new city constitution d ...

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Cliche was formalized on August 28, 1980, at the

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 th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière Cliche.
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References

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