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Osgood River
The Osgood River (french: rivière Osgood) is a tributary of the Palmer River, which is a tributary of the Bécancour River, in Quebec, in Canada; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Osgood River flows through the regional county municipalities of: * L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the region administrative office of Centre-du-Québec: municipalities of Kinnear's Mills, Inverness; * Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches: municipalities of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Osgood River are: * north side: Palmer River; * east side: Sunday River, Perry River, Palmer East River; * south side: Sunday River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Ashberham River, Blanche River (Thetford Mines), Gagné River, Bagot River; * west side: Bécancour River, Bullard stream. The Osgood River has its source in the heart of the ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where 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 a drainage divide. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, the water converges to a single point inside the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground. Drainage basins are similar ... [...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 (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize 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, 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 * Office québécois de la lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 271
Route 271 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Saint-Georges. Towns along Route 271 * Sainte-Croix * Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun * Laurier-Station * Saint-Flavien * Dosquet * Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière * Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds * Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton * Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus * Sainte-Clotide-de-Beauce * Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce * Saint-Benoît-Labre * Saint-Georges File:Debacle St-georgesBeauce.jpg, David-Roy bridge in Saint-Georges. File:Chemin vers Saint Georges de Beauce - panoramio.jpg, Route 271 in Saint-Benoît-Labre. File:Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière.jpg, Intersection with Routes 218 in Sainte-Agathe. File:Dosquet (2).jpg, Intersection with Route 116 in Dosquet. File:Saint-Flavien, Québec.jpg, Principale street in Saint-Flavien. File:Boulevard Saint-Joseph, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 216
Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Estrie region at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204. Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the Appalachians. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord (junction with Route 161) and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown (junction with Route 263), the road is unpaved. Municipalities along Route 216 * Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley * Sherbrooke * Stoke * Saint-Camille * Wotton * Saint-Adrien * Ham-Nord Ham-Nord, Quebec is a township municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagot River
The Bagot River (''in French: rivière Bagot'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Bagot River flows in the municipalities of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Bagot River are: * north side: Ecrevisses stream, Morency stream, Bullard stream, Dubois River; * east side: Bullard stream, Old Mill stream, Prévost stream, Blanche River (Thetford Mines), Bécancour River; * south side: Bécancour River, Grégoire stream, Salaberry stream; * west side: Bécancour River, Lac à la Truite, Étang Stater. The Bagot River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, on the north-western slope of Mont Saint-Adrien, at east of the center from the village of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, at north of the center of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche River (Thetford Mines)
The Blanche river (''in French: rivière Blanche'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River, which flows into the St. Lawrence River. The Blanche river flows in the municipality of Thetford Mines, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Blanche river are: * to the north: Old Mill Creek, Osgood River, Sunday River, Perry River; * to the east: Bécancour River, rivière de l'Or, Prévost-Gilbert River; * in the south: Bécancour River, Coleraine River; * to the west: Bécancour River, Bagot River. The Blanche River draws its source from a mountain stream located on the east side of Mont Saint-Adrien and west of downtown Thetford Mines. The Blanche river flows on towards the south, mainly in forest territory, according to the following segments: * south to the road; * southward, up to route 122 which it cuts to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashberham River
The Ashberham river (''in French: rivière Ashberham'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the Ashberham River crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Ashberham River are: * north side: Bécancour River, Bécancour Lake; * east side: rivière de l'Or; * south side: Grand lac Saint François; * west side: Lake Noir, Bisby River, Bécancour River. The Ashberham River has its source on the southern flank of the Collines de Bécancour, that is to say to the southwest of the Thetford Mines airport. From there, the river descends on first towards the southeast, then the south and the southwest, until it empties on the north shore of Caribou La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prévost-Gilbert River
The Prévost-Gilbert river (''in French: rivière Prévost-Gilbert'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in MRC of: *Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality: municipalities Thetford Mines ( Robertsonville sector), Adstock (Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector), Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce; *Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality of Saint-Victor. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Prévost-Gilbert River are: * north side: Nadeau River, Palmer River, Whetstone River, Perry River; * east side: Chaudière River, Bras Saint-Victor, rivière du Cinq, Noire River; * south side: Bras Saint-Victor, Fortin-Dupuis River, rivière des Hamel; * west side: Gagné River, Bécancour River. The Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmer East River
The Palmer East River (''in French: rivière Palmer Est'') is a tributary of the Palmer River whose current flows successively into the Bécancour River, then on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Palmer East River flows through the municipalities of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de Lotbinière Regional County Municipality) and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the East Palmer River are: * north side: Beaurivage River, Fourchette River, Filkars River; * east side: rivière des Fermes, rivière du Cinq, brook of Troisième Rang; * south side: Palmer River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Cinque River, Nadeau River (Nouvelle-Beauce); * west side: Palmer River. The Palmer East River has its source in the eighth rang, on the western slope of a mountain whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry River (Palmer River Tributary)
The Perry River (''in French: rivière Perry'') is a tributary of the Palmer River whose current flows successively into the Bécancour River, then on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Perry River flows in the municipalities of Thetford Mines (Pontbriand sector) and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Perry River are: * north side: Palmer River; * east side: Palmer River, Rivière du Cinq; * south side: Palmer River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Bécancour River; * west side: Osgood River. The Perry river has its source in the third rang, north of the village of Pontbriand in Thetford Mines and on the northern slope of the "Montagne du Trois", the summit of which is accessible by the chemin des turns. From its head area, the Perry River flows over divided into the following segments: * eastwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
