Bécancour River
| Bécancour River | |
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| Native name | Rivière Bécancour Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches, Centre-du-Québec |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lac Bécancour |
| • location | Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada |
| • coordinates | 46°04′10″N 71°14′39″W / 46.06944°N 71.24417°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Bécancour, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada |
• coordinates | 46°22′20″N 72°26′47″W / 46.37222°N 72.44639°W |
| Length | 210 km (130 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,607 km2 (1,007 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Saint Lawrence River |
The Bécancour River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It flows west into Lake William at Saint-Ferdinand, changes course northwards towards Inverness, turning westward there and continuing to flow west across the Centre-du-Québec region for most of its length. The river takes a turn northwestward at Saint-Wenceslas, finally emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near the heart of the city of Bécancour.[1]
Major tributaries
- Au Pin River
- Palmer River
- Noire River
- Bourbon River
- Blanche River (Saint-Rosaire)
- Blanche River (Saint-Wenceslas)
See also
References
- ^ (fr) GROBEC - Géographie du bassin de la rivière Bécancour. Accessed 28-Aug-2007.