Bécancour River
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Bécancour River (Rivière Bécancour) | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Regions | Chaudière-Appalaches, Centre-du-Québec |
Length | 210 km (130 mi) |
Watershed | 2,607 km² (1,007 sq mi) |
Discharge at | Saint Lawrence River |
- average | 62 m³/s (2,190 cu ft/s) |
Source | Lac Bécancour |
- location | Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada |
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Mouth | |
- location | Bécancour, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada |
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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].
[edit] Major tributaries
- Au Pin River
- Palmer River
- Noire River
- Bourbon River
- Blanche River (Saint-Rosaire)
- Blanche River (Saint-Wenceslas)
[edit] References
- ^ GROBEC - Géographie du bassin de la rivière Bécancour. Accessed 28-Aug-2007.