Rivière Rimouski
| Rivière Rimouski | ||
 Canyon des Portes de l'Enfer |
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| Data | ||
| location | Bas-Saint-Laurent in Québec , New Brunswick (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source |
Miller Lake 47 ° 53 ′ 37 ″ N , 68 ° 20 ′ 8 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 457 m | |
| muzzle |
Estuary of the St. Lawrence River Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 52 " N , 68 ° 32 ′ 34" W 48 ° 26 ′ 52 " N , 68 ° 32 ′ 34" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 457 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4 ‰ | |
| length | 113 km | |
| Catchment area | 1621 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge 3.7 km above route 132 A Eo : 1610 km² |
MQ 1963/2000 Mq 1963/2000 |
30 m³ / s 18.6 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Petite rivière Rimouski | |
| Right tributaries | Rivière Rimouski Est | |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Rimouski | |
| Medium-sized cities | Rimouski | |
The Rivière Rimouski is a river in the MRC Rimouski-Neigette ( Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region ) in the Canadian province of Québec .
The river has its origin in the Monts Notre-Dame in the small lake Miller Lake on the other side of the provincial border in New Brunswick . From there it flows to the northeastern Lac Rimouski , which it flows through. It flows a little further north to the confluence with the Rivière Rimouski Est . Then he turns west. The upper reaches of the river are located within the Réserve faunique de Rimouski . The Rivière Rimouski changes direction again near the village of La Trinité-des-Monts . It now flows mainly in a northerly direction. To the southwest of Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski, the Rivière Rimouski flows through the Canyon des Portes de l'Enfer . Finally he reaches the town of the same name, Rimouski, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River - estuary . The Rivière Rimouski has a length of 113 km. It drains an area of 1621 km². The mean discharge is 30 m³ / s.
Hydropower plants
On the southern edge of Rimouski near Autoroute 20 , Boralex has been operating a run-of-river power plant ( ⊙ ) with an installed capacity of 3.5 MW since 1996 . The fall height is 20.9 m.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement du Québec (PDF; 100 kB)
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02QA002 ( 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.
- ↑ a b boralex.com (PDF)
