Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest
| Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest | ||
 Chute Kingsey |
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| location | Center-du-Québec , Estrie in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière Nicolet → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | 25 km east of Asbestos 45 ° 39 ′ 48 ″ N , 71 ° 38 ′ 28 ″ W |
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Rivière Nicolet Coordinates: 46 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 72 ° 36 ′ 3 ″ W 46 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 72 ° 36 ′ 3 ″ W.
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| length | approx. 150 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 1560 km² | |
| Discharge at La Visitation-de-Yamaska A Eo gauge : 1560 km² |
MQ 1969/1980 Mq 1969/1980 |
23 m³ / s 14.7 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Rivière Nicolet Center | |
| Flowing lakes | Les Trois Lacs | |
| Small towns | Asbestos , Kingsey Falls | |
| Communities | Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil , Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults , La Visitation-de-Yamaska | |
 Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest at Kingsey Falls |
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The Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest is a left tributary of the Rivière Nicolet in the Center-du-Québec and Estrie administrative regions of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest rises 25 km east of Asbestos . It flows in a west-north-westerly direction north past Asbestos. Other places along the river are Kingsey Falls , Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil , Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults and La Visitation-de-Yamaska . On the eastern outskirts of Nicolet , the Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest joins the Rivière Nicolet, just 5 km before it joins the St. Lawrence River . The Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest has a length of about 150 km. The catchment area extends over approximately 1560 km². The mean discharge is 23 m³ / s.
Algonquin Power Fund operates a run-of-river power plant with an output of 4.5 MW near Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.
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- ↑ a b Water Survey of Canada: Station 02OD004 ( 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.
