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Rivière des Saults

Coordinates: 46°01′37″N 72°29′18″W / 46.02694°N 72.48833°W / 46.02694; -72.48833
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Rivière des Saults
Rivière des Saults is located in Quebec
Rivière des Saults
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
MRCDrummond Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of two brooks
 • locationSaint-Cyrille-de-Wendover
 • coordinates45°54′50″N 72°23′10″W / 45.91383°N 72.38619°W / 45.91383; -72.38619
 • elevation100 m (330 ft)
MouthNicolet Southwest River
 • location
Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
 • coordinates
46°01′37″N 72°29′18″W / 46.02694°N 72.48833°W / 46.02694; -72.48833
 • elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Length24.1 km (15.0 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionNicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) ruisseau des Généreux, ruisseau Poirier, La Branche Sud.
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Therrien, ruisseau Saint-Pierre, ruisseau Delage, ruisseau non identifié.

The rivière des Saults (in English: Saults river) is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Except for the first 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.

Geography

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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 Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River).

From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on 24.1 kilometres (15.0 mi), with a drop of 55 metres (180 ft), according to these segments:

The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.[1]

Toponymy

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The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 31, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Saults".