La Petite Décharge
| La Petite Décharge | ||
 Bridge in Alma over the La Petite Décharge river |
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| Data | ||
| location | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière Saguenay → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac Saint-Jean 48 ° 33 '57 " N , 71 ° 45' 39" W. |
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| Source height | 98 m | |
| Union | with La Grande Décharge to Rivière Saguenay Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ N , 71 ° 37 ′ 6 ″ W 48 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ N , 71 ° 37 ′ 6 ″ W
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| length | 15 km | |
| Outflow at the level at the outflow from Lac Saint-Jean A Eo : 73,000 km² |
MQ 1943/1993 Mq 1943/1993 |
120 m³ / s 1.6 l / (s km²) |
| Medium-sized cities | Alma | |
The La Petite Décharge ( French for "The small drain") forms the southern and smaller drain of Lac Saint-Jean in the Canadian province of Québec .
There is a dam 8 km west of Alma at the outflow of Lac Saint-Jean. The river runs east for a distance of 15 km. It flows through the city of Alma and then meets the north-running branch of the Lac Saint-Jean La Grande Décharge , with which it joins the Rivière Saguenay . A second dam is on the western outskirts of Alma. The mean discharge is 120 m³ / s.
Web links
Commons : La Petite Décharge - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Petite Décharge. Commission de toponymie du Quebec
- ↑ station 02RH062. ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Water Survey of Canada
