Judith 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: | Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 6.6km (04.1miles) |
Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
Source1 Location: | Bécancour |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.298°N -72.4694°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 13m (43feet) |
Mouth: | Bécancour River |
Mouth Location: | Bécancour |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.3533°N -72.4414°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 10m (30feet) |
River System: | Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
Country: | Canada |
The rivière Judith is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the city of Bécancour, in Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Judith River are:
The Judith River has its source in an agricultural and forest zone next to highway 30 at Bécancour at east of the highway 55.
The Judith River flows on towards the northeast in the Sainte-Angèle-de-Laval sector, crossing Highway 30.
The Judith River empties on the west bank of the Bécancour River beside the route 132 bridge, at upstream of the confluence of the Bécancour river and at downstream of the highway 30 bridge. Its confluence is located opposite the north side of the village of Bécancour, just downstream from Cap des Mares and the Montesson Island.[1]
The toponym "Rivière Judith" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]