Rivière du Sud-Ouest (Yamaska River tributary)

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Rivière du Sud-Ouest
Location
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Montérégie
Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality et Rouville Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceVarious agricultural streams
  location Farham
  coordinates 45°23′34″N73°00′17″W / 45.39278°N 73.00472°W / 45.39278; -73.00472
  elevation53 m (174 ft)
Mouth Saint Lawrence River
  location
Saint-Césaire
  coordinates
45°23′34″N73°00′17″W / 45.39278°N 73.00472°W / 45.39278; -73.00472 Coordinates: 45°23′34″N73°00′17″W / 45.39278°N 73.00472°W / 45.39278; -73.00472
  elevation
30 m (98 ft)
Length17.7 km (11.0 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(Upstream) Beaudry stream, Létourneau-Beaudoin stream, Martel stream, Pierre-Lalanne stream.
  right(Upstream) Écossais River, Patenaud-Robert outlet, Cirque stream, Thimothé-Martel-Giroux stream, Louis-Boulais stream, Fronteau stream.

The Rivière du Sud-Ouest (English: River of South-West) is a tributary of the Yamaska River. It flows in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Its course towards the northeast crosses the municipalities of:

Contents

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes adjacent to the Southwest River are:

The "Rivière du Sud-Ouest" rises from various agricultural streams located around the hamlet Ménardville, west of the village of Farnham, northwest of the village of Sainte-Sabine, south of the village of Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, south of route 104 and south of Canadian National Railway section. [1]

From its head (draining a small area of marsh), the Southwest river flows 5.9 km north in agricultural area to the Canadian National railway; 3.0 km north to route 104 in the village of Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville; 3.6 km north to Martel Creek; 2.4 km northeasterly to autoroute 10; and 3.5 km north-east to its mouth. [1]

The South-West river flows on the west bank of the Yamaska River in the municipality of Saint-Césaire. This mouth is 2.6 km upstream from the Saint-Césaire bridge over the Yamaska River (route 112) and 2.8 km downstream from the Autoroute 10 bridge. [1]

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière du Sud-Ouest" was officially registered on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation" . Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Rivière Du Sud-Ouest

See also

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