Landroche River | |
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Native name | Rivière Landroche (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Centre-du-Québec |
MRC | Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Saint-Elphège and Baie-du-Febvre |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Baie-du-Febvre |
• coordinates | 46°06′23″N72°42′13″W / 46.10637°N 72.70352°W |
• elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
Mouth | Lake Saint-Pierre, St. Lawrence River |
• location | Baie-du-Febvre |
• coordinates | 46°09′11″N72°46′08″W / 46.15305°N 72.76889°W Coordinates: 46°09′11″N72°46′08″W / 46.15305°N 72.76889°W |
• elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
Length | 10.0 km (6.2 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) cours d'eau des Trente, ruisseau Roland-Lemire, cours d'eau Dionne |
• right | (upstream) ruisseau Bourgoin, cours d'eau Geoffroy |
The Landroche River is a tributary on the south shore of Lake Saint-Pierre which is crossed to the northeast by the St. Lawrence River. The Landroche river flows in the municipality of Baie-du-Febvre, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Quebec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Landroche river are:
The Landroche river draws its source from agricultural streams located in the territory of the municipality of Baie-du-Febvre, almost at the limit of Saint-Elphège. The Landroche river begins at the confluence of the Roland-Lemire stream and the Geoffroy stream. This confluence is located on the municipal boundary of Saint-Elphège and Baie-du-Febvre.
From its source, the course of the Landroche river flows on 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) towards the north-west, generally in an agricultural zone, with a drop of 24 kilometres (15 mi). The course of the river intersects Chemin du Pays-Brûlé, route 132 and Chemin des Huit. [1]
The Landroche River flows northwest in an agricultural zone, crossing route 132. The river empties on the flats of Pierre à Chaux on the south shore of Lake Saint-Pierre, near Pointe Gabriel, north-east of the village of Baie-du-Febvre.
The toponym "rivière Landroche" was made official on August 8, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]
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