Rivière des Saults
| Rivière des Saults | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| MRC | Drummond Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of two brooks |
| • location | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover |
| • coordinates | 45°54′50″N 72°23′10″W / 45.91383°N 72.38619°W |
| • elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Mouth | Nicolet Southwest River |
• location | Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
• coordinates | 46°01′37″N 72°29′18″W / 46.02694°N 72.48833°W |
• elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Length | 24.1 km (15.0 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nicolet 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[edit]
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:
- 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) toward northwest in agricultural zone of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, crossing the route 255, then curving to the west, passing under the bridge of the railway, crossing the route 122, up to autoroute 20;
- 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) northwesterly passing about 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) 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 Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.[1]
Toponymy[edit]
The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Saults".