Rivière aux Sables

Rivière aux Sables
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Data
location	Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean in Québec (Canada)
River system	Saint Lawrence River
Drain over	Rivière Saguenay  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin	Lac Kénogami 48 ° 21 ′ 35 ″  N , 71 ° 16 ′ 29 ″  W.
muzzle	Rivière Saguenay coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 35 "  N , 71 ° 14 ′ 45"  W 48 ° 26 ′ 35 "  N , 71 ° 14 ′ 45"  W.
length	11 km
Discharge at the Barrage Pibrac A Eo gauge : 3390 km²	MQ 1972/2000 Mq 1972/2000	24 m³ / s 7.1 l / (s km²)
Reservoirs flowed through	Saguenay
Aluminum footbridge over the Rivière aux Sables
The course of the Rivière aux Sables can be seen on the left edge of the picture

The Rivière aux Sables is a right tributary of the Rivière Saguenay in the administrative region Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean of the Canadian province of Québec .

The Rivière aux Sables forms one of the two outflows of the Lac Kénogami reservoir . It flows below the Barrage Pibrac-Est and Barrage Pibrac-Ouest dams on the north bank of Lac Kénogami over a distance of 11 km to the north. It flows through Jonquière , which now belongs to the city of Saguenay , and flows into the Rivière Saguenay.

Hydropower plants

There are three dams and associated hydropower plants along the river. In the downstream direction these are:

• Barrage De La Jonquière ( ⊙ ) with 4.5 MW
• Barrage Joseph-Perron ( ⊙ ) with 4.5 MW, renewed in 1996, 30,000 MWh per year
• Barrage Bésy ( ⊙ ) with 18 MW, since 2006, 120,000 MWh per year

Web links

Commons : Rivière aux Sables  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02RH029  ( 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.  
2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Barrage De La Jonquière
3. ^ ^{A b} Hydro-Saguenay
4. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Barrage Joseph-Perron