| Rivière aux Glaises | |
| 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: | Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Agricultural streams |
| Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Bécancour |
| River System: | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière aux Glaises (in English: Clay River) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows in the territory of the sector of Gentilly of the town of Bécancour and in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Rivière aux Glaises owes its name to the clayey nature of its bed. The name appears on a 1938 map of Nicolet County, but its use is probably older.[1]
The main neighboring watersheds of the Glaises river are:
The Glaises river has its source in an agricultural zone in the Gentilly sector, east of the town of Bécancour. This zone is located very close to the municipal boundary of Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford and Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets. This head area is located southeast of the village of Gentilly, south of the village of Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard and north of the village of Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford.
From its head area, the Rivière aux Glaises flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Rivière aux Glaises flows onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the eastern part of the territory of the city of Bécancour. Its confluence is located east of the village of Gentilly, west of the confluence of the Aux Orignaux river and to the northeast from the confluence of the Moulin river.