Rimouski River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Saint-Quentin Parish, Restigouche County, New Brunswick |
• coordinates | 47°53′37″N 68°20′08″W / 47.89361°N 68.33556°W |
• elevation | 460 m (1,510 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Rimouski, Rimouski-Neigette RCM, Quebec |
• coordinates | 48°28′14″N 68°31′17″W / 48.47056°N 68.52139°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 119.2 km (74.1 mi) |
Basin size | 1,635 km2 (631 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (from the confluence) Cavée stream, Chassé stream, Rigoumabe River, Little Rimouski River, Black River (Rimouski River), White river (Rimouski River), Little Touradi River, France River, Boucher River (Rimouski River), Grand Touradi River, the Grand Matinal creek, Levasseur stream, Jansen creek, Abraham casting, Nathaël casting, Beaver Creek, Deer Lake Outlet, White Creek, Morin Creek. |
• right | (from the confluence) Branch Lévesque, Levasseur creek, Gagnon stream, Brule River, Bois Brule River, Hot Creek Lake, Macpès River, Creek of Petit Lac Macpès, Cat River, Indian Creek, Ferrée River (Ferré Lake), casting of Poirier Rapid, Brisson River (Grand Touradi River), East Rimouski River, Flat Creek Tamahagan stream. |
Rimouski River is a river emptying at Rimouski, on the South shore of St. Lawrence River, in the Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.
From the border between New Brunswick and Quebec, the Rimouski River crosses over the unorganized territory of Lac-Huron, Quebec, as well as the municipalities of La Trinité-des-Monts, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski, Saint-Valérien, Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski and the city of Rimouski.