Rivière à la Truite
Appearance
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Rivière à la Truite | |
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Rivière à la Truite at its confluence with the Chaudière River. | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Saint-René |
• coordinates | 45°57′29″N 70°33′22″W / 45.958151°N 70.556152°W |
• elevation | 407 metres (1,335 ft) |
Mouth | Chaudière River |
• location | Saint-Martin |
• coordinates | 45°54′02″N 70°38′03″W / 45.90055°N 70.63416°W |
• elevation | 235 metres (771 ft) |
Length | 12.0 kilometres (7.5 mi) |
Basin size | 47.9 kilometres (29.76 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River system | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) Petite rivière à la Truite, ruisseau Fortier |
• right | (upstream) ruisseau Jos-Cliche, ruisseau Blais |
The rivière à la Truite (in English: Trout river) is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River, which flows northward to empty on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym “rivière à la Truite” was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]