Rivière des Mille Îles
| Rivière des Mille Îles | ||
 Rivière des Mille Îles |
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| Data | ||
| location | Lanaudière , Laurentides , Laval in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière des Prairies → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac des Deux Montagnes 45 ° 31 ′ 57 ″ N , 73 ° 53 ′ 4 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 22 m | |
| muzzle |
Rivière des Prairies Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 57 " N , 73 ° 31 ′ 44" W 45 ° 41 ′ 57 " N , 73 ° 31 ′ 44" W. |
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| Mouth height | 6 m | |
| Height difference | 16 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.4 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 40 km | |
| Outflow at the Bois-des-Filion gauge |
MQ 1927/2012 |
212 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Rivière Mascouche | |
| Big cities | Laval , Terrebonne | |
| Small towns | Bois-des-Filion , Deux-Montagnes | |
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 Course of the Rivière des Mille Îles (north of the Île Jésus) |
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The Rivière des Mille Îles ( French for "River of a Thousand Islands") is a river in the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière des Mille Îles forms the northern outflow of the Lac des Deux Montagnes . It flows north around the island of Île Jésus , on which the city of Laval is located, and after about 40 km meets the Rivière des Prairies .
The Barrage du Grand-Moulin is located at the outflow from the Lac des Deux Montagnes . There are numerous islands in the river, including Île Garth , Île aux Vaches , Île Poirier , Île Saint-Pierre , Île Saint-Jean , Île aux Moutons and Île Bourdon . Below Terrebonne , the Rivière Mascouche flows into the river on the left.
Web links
- Rivière des Mille Îles. Commission de toponymie du Quebec
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Rivière des Mille Îles
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02OA003 ( 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.
