Rivière aux Brochets
| Rivière aux Brochets | ||
 Stanbridge East: Moulin Cornell |
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| Data | ||
| location |
Montérégie in Québec (Canada), Vermont (USA) |
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| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière Richelieu → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source |
Lake Carmi 44 ° 59 ′ 10 ″ N , 72 ° 51 ′ 17 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 132 m | |
| muzzle |
Lac Champlain coordinates: 45 ° 4 '15 " N , 73 ° 5' 48" W 45 ° 4 '15 " N , 73 ° 5' 48" W. |
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| Mouth height | 29 m | |
| Height difference | 103 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.5 ‰ | |
| length | 67 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 630 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge 0.7 km below Ruisseau Groat A Eo : 404 km² |
MQ 1982/2000 Mq 1982/2000 |
6.8 m³ / s 16.8 l / (s km²) |
| Small towns | Bedford | |
| Communities | Frelighsburg , Stanbridge East , Notre-Dame-de-Stansbridge , Pike River | |
The Rivière aux Brochets ( French for " pike river") is a river in the south of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière aux Brochets has its origin a few kilometers across the state border in Lake Lac Carmi in the US state of Vermont . It drains this in a north-easterly direction, crosses the border to Canada and then flows through the MRC Brome-Missisquoi in a north-westerly direction. He passes through Frelighsburg and Stanbridge East , the small town of Bedford and Notre-Dame-de-Stansbridge . Here the river turns abruptly to the south. It flows past the Pike River and flows into the Baie Missisquoi in the far northeast of Lac Champlain . There is the protected area Réserve écologique de la Rivière-aux-Brochets . The river has a length of 67 km. Its catchment area covers around 630 km².
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Lake Carmi in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ Lake Champlain in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ Station 02OH008. ( 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
