Nicolet North-East River

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Nicolet North-East River
Location
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Centre-du-Québec
Regional County Municipality Les Sources Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceStreams
  location Wotton
  coordinates 45°51′45″N71°47′26″W / 45.862632°N 71.79045°W / 45.862632; -71.79045
  elevation300 m (980 ft)
Mouth Nicolet Southwest River
  location
Wotton
  coordinates
45°46′39″N71°49′32″W / 45.7775°N 71.82555°W / 45.7775; -71.82555
  elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
Progression Nicolet Centre River, Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) rivière chez Larrivée
  right(upstream)

The Nicolet North-East River is a tributary of the west bank of the Nicolet Centre River which empties into the Nicolet Southwest River (hydrographic slope of the Nicolet River). It flows into the municipality of Wotton, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

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Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the "Nicolet Northeast River" are:

The Nicolet Nord-Est river has its source in the 3rd rang of the municipality of Saint-Adrien, almost at the limit of Notre-Dame-de-Ham. Its source is located near Chemin du 2e Rang.

The main tributaries of the North-East Nicolet river are the Bissonnette River and the rivière chez Larrivée.

The Northeast Nicolet River empties on the north shore of the Nicolet Centre River at 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) upstream of the mouth of the latter and 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) downstream from the confluence of the Duchesne stream. [1]

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Nicolet Nord-Est" was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]

See also

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Notes and references

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada" . Retrieved December 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Nicolet Nord-Est".

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