Rivière Ouiatchouan
| Rivière Ouiatchouan | ||
 Chute Ouiatchouan waterfall |
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| Data | ||
| location | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean in Québec ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | La Grande Décharge → Rivière Saguenay → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac des Commissaires 48 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ N , 72 ° 15 ′ 51 ″ W. |
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| muzzle |
Lac Saint-Jean Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '53 " N , 72 ° 9' 33" W 48 ° 26 '53 " N , 72 ° 9' 33" W. |
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| Mouth height | 98 m | |
| Height difference | 213 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4.4 ‰ | |
| length | 48 km | |
| Catchment area | 956 km² | |
| Discharge at the level below the Lac des Commissaires A Eo : 562 km² |
MQ 1966/2013 Mq 1966/2013 |
12 m³ / s 21.4 l / (s km²) |
| Drain |
MQ |
20 m³ / s |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Bouchette , Lac Ouiatchouan | |
Rivière Ouiatchouan is a river in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region in the Canadian province of Québec .
The river forms the outflow of the Lac des Commissaires . It then flows through the lakes Lac Bouchette and Lac Ouiatchouan . It flows below Lac Ouiatchouan 25 km through a wide valley in a northerly direction and flows into it near the historic settlement Val-Jalbert on the south bank of Lac Saint-Jean, which belongs to the city of Chambord .
3.2 km from its mouth, the river overcomes the 72 m high Chute Ouiatchouan waterfall ( ⊙ ).
Web links
Commons : Rivière Ouiatchouan - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement du Quebec (PDF; 103 kB)
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02RG008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Rivière Ouiatchouan
