Rivière des Orignaux Old name:"Ruisseau des Pointes" | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | Bellechasse Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mountain stream |
• location | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
• coordinates | 46°36′07″N 70°35′36″W / 46.601903°N 70.593336°W |
• elevation | 399 metres (1,309 ft) |
Mouth | Rivière de la Fourche |
• location | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
• coordinates | 46°38′36″N 70°32′43″W / 46.64333°N 70.54528°W |
• elevation | 336 metres (1,102 ft) |
Length | 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rivière de la Fourche, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The rivière des Orignaux (in English: Mooses River) crosses the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière des Orignaux is a tributary of the southwest bank of the rivière de la Fourche, which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows northwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Des Orignaux river are:
The Rivière des Orignaux has its source in the township of Buckland, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. The surrounding mountains are part of the Notre Dame Mountains chain.
From its source, the Rivière des Orignaux flows on 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) at the bottom of a valley, divided into the following segments:
The confluence of the Rivière des Orignaux is located on the southwest bank of the Forks River, in the township of Buckland. This confluence is located at 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north of Buckland, 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) south of rivière du Sud (Montmagny) and at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of route 216. [1]
The toponym “rivière des Orignaux” was made official on September 11, 1987, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]
Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
Rivière des Orignaux Old name:"Ruisseau des Pointes" | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | Bellechasse Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mountain stream |
• location | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
• coordinates | 46°36′07″N 70°35′36″W / 46.601903°N 70.593336°W |
• elevation | 399 metres (1,309 ft) |
Mouth | Rivière de la Fourche |
• location | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
• coordinates | 46°38′36″N 70°32′43″W / 46.64333°N 70.54528°W |
• elevation | 336 metres (1,102 ft) |
Length | 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rivière de la Fourche, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The rivière des Orignaux (in English: Mooses River) crosses the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière des Orignaux is a tributary of the southwest bank of the rivière de la Fourche, which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows northwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Des Orignaux river are:
The Rivière des Orignaux has its source in the township of Buckland, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. The surrounding mountains are part of the Notre Dame Mountains chain.
From its source, the Rivière des Orignaux flows on 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) at the bottom of a valley, divided into the following segments:
The confluence of the Rivière des Orignaux is located on the southwest bank of the Forks River, in the township of Buckland. This confluence is located at 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north of Buckland, 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) south of rivière du Sud (Montmagny) and at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of route 216. [1]
The toponym “rivière des Orignaux” was made official on September 11, 1987, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]
Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation