| Rivière des Saults | |
| 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: | Drummond Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
| Length: | 24.1km (15miles) |
| Source1: | Confluence of two brooks |
| Source1 Location: | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.9138°N -72.3862°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 100m (300feet) |
| Mouth: | Nicolet Southwest River |
| Mouth Location: | Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.0269°N -72.4883°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 45m (148feet) |
| Progression: | Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau des Généreux, ruisseau Poirier, La Branche Sud. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Therrien, ruisseau Saint-Pierre, ruisseau Delage, ruisseau non identifié. |
The rivière des Saults (in English: Saults river) is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Except for the first and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.
The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River).
From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on, with a drop of, according to these segments:
The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.[1]
The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]