Rivière aux Rochers
| Rivière aux Rochers | ||
 Rivière aux Rochers near Port-Cartier |
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| Data | ||
| location | Côte-Nord in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière aux Rochers | |
| origin |
Lac Trouvé 51 ° 4 ′ 15 ″ N , 67 ° 17 ′ 1 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 585 m | |
| muzzle | at Port-Cartier in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '10 " N , 66 ° 52' 5" W 50 ° 1 '10 " N , 66 ° 52' 5" W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 585 m | |
| Bottom slope | 3.6 ‰ | |
| length | 161 km | |
| Catchment area | 4439 km² | |
| Right tributaries | Rivière Schmon , Rivière MacDonald | |
| Flowing lakes | Petit Lac du Nord , Lac Walker | |
| Small towns | Port-Cartier | |
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The Rivière aux Rochers ( French for "rocky river") is a river in the administrative region of Côte-Nord in the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière aux Rochers is a 161 km long river in the south of the Labrador Peninsula , which has its origin in Lac Trouvé and flows mainly in a southerly direction. It flows through the lake Petit Lac du Nord and the elongated lake Lac Walker . The right tributary Rivière Schmon also flows into the Lac Walker. The Rivière MacDonald meets the Rivière aux Rochers on the right below Lac Walker. The last 40 km below Lac Walker the Rivière aux Rochers turns to the east and flows into the Saint Lawrence Gulf at Port-Cartier . Above its mouth, the river overcomes the Chien Blanc and Chute des Noyés waterfalls . In the estuary area, the Rivière Dominique meets the river from the east.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bureaulösungen publiques sur l'environnement du Québec. (PDF; 100 kB)
- ^ Rivière aux Rochers. Commission de toponymie du Quebec