The rivière des Saults (''in English: Saults river'') is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

on the south bank of the

Nicolet Southwest River The Nicolet Southwest River (''in French: rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest'') is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet River. It empties into the municipality of Nicolet, Quebec, Nicolet, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) ...

. It empties into the municipality of

Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover is a Quebec municipality located in the Drummond Regional County Municipality just east of Drummondville in the Centre-du-Quebec region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 4,389. The town is located along ...

, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the

Drummond Regional County Municipality Drummond is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Drummondville. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Drummondville ;Municipalities (12) * Durha ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of

Centre-du-Québec Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du- ...

, in

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, in Canada. Except for the first and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.

Geography

The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of

. This source is located at north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at east of the village center of

and at west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of

). From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on , with a drop of , according to these segments: * toward northwest in agricultural zone of

, crossing the route 255, then curving to the west, passing under the bridge of the railway, crossing the route 122, up to autoroute 20; * northwesterly passing about in the western part of municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, then entering in Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, up to its mouth. The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the

, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the

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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Saults"

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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