Rivière Ouareau
| Rivière Ouareau | ||
 Rivière Ouareau near Saint-Liguori |
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| Data | ||
| location | Lanaudière in Quebec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière L'Assomption → Rivière des Prairies → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac Ouareau 46 ° 19 ′ 11 " N , 74 ° 7 ′ 35" W. |
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| Source height | 387 m | |
| muzzle | in the Rivière L'Assomption Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '24 " N , 73 ° 24' 25" W 45 ° 56 '24 " N , 73 ° 24' 25" W. |
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| Mouth height | 18 m | |
| Height difference | 369 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.7 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 100 km | |
| Catchment area | 1681 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge Chutes Dorwin A Eo : 1270 km² |
MQ 1966/2004 Mq 1966/2004 |
25.6 m³ / s 20.2 l / (s km²) |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Pontbriand | |
| Small towns | Rawdon | |
| Communities | Saint-Liguori , Crabtree | |
 Chutes Dorwin at Rawdon |
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 Rivière Ouareau at Crabtree in 1925 |
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The Rivière Ouareau is a right tributary of the Rivière L'Assomption in the Lanaudière administrative region of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière Ouareau forms the outflow of Lac Ouareau in the Laurentine Mountains about 100 km north of Montréal . The river flows mainly in a south-easterly direction through the Parc Régional de la Forêt Ouareau . In the small town of Rawdon , the Chutes Dorwin rapids are located on the river. There the river overcomes a height difference of 23 m. On the lower reaches, the Rivière Ouareau passes the two places Saint-Liguori and Crabtree , before it joins the Rivière L'Assomption, which comes from the east, 10 km south of Joliette . The Rivière Oureau has a length of about 100 km. It drains an area of 1681 km².
Algonquin Power Fund operates a run-of-river power plant with a capacity of 2.4 MW near Rawdon .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement (PDF file; 100 kB)
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02OB017 ( Memento of the original dated 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.
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Chutes Dorwin
