Barbue River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | L'Érable Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 15.8km (09.8miles) |
Source1: | Agricultural Streams |
Source1 Location: | Laurierville |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.3259°N -71.6325°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 149m (489feet) |
Mouth: | Noire River |
Mouth Location: | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.307°N -71.7892°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 118m (387feet) |
Progression: | Noire River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Pierre-Bergeron, ruisseau Mracoux, ruisseau André-Caron, ruisseau du Septième Rang |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Roger-Gingras-Sud, ruisseau Jos-Bradette |
Country: | Canada |
The Barbue River (in French: rivière Barbue) is a tributary of the Noire River which is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Laurierville and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Barbue River are:
The Barbue River rises at the boundary between the municipalities of Laurierville and Lyster. This area is located south of the Bécancour River, south of the village bridge of Lyster and northeast of the center of the village of Laurierville.
From its source, the Barbue River flows on in the following segments:
The Barbue River flows into a bend in the river on the east bank of the Noire River at upstream of the (route 265) of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.
The toponym "rivière Barbue" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]