Betsiamites River | |
Country | Canada |
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Province | Quebec |
Regions | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord |
Source | Lake Manouanis |
- location | Mont-Valin |
- coordinates | |
Mouth | Saint Lawrence River |
- location | Betsiamites FN Reserve |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | |
Length | 444 km (276 mi) to head of Manouanis River [1] |
Basin | 18,700 km2 (7,200 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
- average | 340 m3/s (12,010 cu ft/s) [1] |
Drainage basin in yellow
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The Betsiamites (also called Bersimis) is a river of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada, which joins the Saint Lawrence River.
The 978 square kilometres (378 sq mi) Pipmuacan Reservoir, impounded by the Bersimis-1 Dam, is roughly halfway down its course.[2]
There are two hydro-electric power stations and dams on the Betsiamites, owned by Hydro-Québec: