| Creuse River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| 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, Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
| Mouth: | Petite rivière du Chêne |
| Mouth Location: | Fortierville |
| River System: | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Le Siphon |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Bras du Nord de la rivière aux Ormes |
The Creuse river (in French: rivière Creuse) is a tributary of the east bank of the Petite rivière du Chêne which flows onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Creuse river flows through the municipalities of Villeroy (MRC de L'Érable Regional County Municipality), Sainte-Françoise and Fortierville, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Creuse river are:
The Creuse River originates north of the Villeroy rest area of the highway 20, near exit 253. This head area is located at west of the center of the village of Val-Alain, at north of the village of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and east of the center of the village of Villeroy.
From its source, the Creuse river flows over, with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Creuse river flows onto the east bank of the Petite rivière du Chêne. Its confluence is located at the limit of Rang Frontenac and Rang Saint-Alphonse, at the limit between the municipalities of Fortierville, and Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard. This confluence is located downstream from the road bridge of the rang Saint-Agathe and at (or online direct) from the confluence of the Rivière aux Ormes. It is also located southwest of the village center of Fortierville and northeast of the village center of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard.
The toponym “Rivière Creuse” was made official on December 18, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]