Rivière aux Pins | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 14.14km (08.79miles) |
Source1: | Agricultural creek |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Agapit |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.5105°N -71.4895°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 148 m |
Mouth: | Beaurivage River |
Mouth Location: | Lévis |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.5758°N -71.3664°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 110 m |
Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) ruisseau Paquet, ruisseau Giroux |
Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) rivière du Loup, ruisseau Laflamme, cours d'eau Beaudoin-Bourgault. |
The Rivière aux Pins is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the Saint Lawrence river). It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Agapit and Saint-Gilles in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main watersheds neighbors of the Rivière aux Pins are:
The Rivière aux Pins rises in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, on the boundary with the municipality of Dosquet. This head area is located west of route 116, northeast of the center of the village of Dosquet and southwest of village of Saint-Agapit.
From its source, the Rivière aux Pins flows over 19.4 km divided into the following segments:
The Rivière aux Pins flows on the west bank of the Beaurivage River south of the hamlet Pointe-Saint-Gilles, in Saint-Gilles.
The toponym Rivière aux Pins was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]