| Saint-Germain River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Drummond Regional County Municipality |
| Length: | 50km (30miles) |
| Source1: | Various agricultural streams |
| Source1 Location: | Drummondville |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.6997°N -72.3356°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 199m (653feet) |
| Mouth: | Saint-François River |
| Mouth Location: | Drummondville |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 45.9022°N -72.4989°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 69m (226feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upstream) cours d'eau Guilbault, ruisseau Marrier, cours d'eau Ayotte, cours d'eau Thivierge, ruisseau Paré, ruisseau Pinard, ruisseau Berry, cours d'eau Turner, cours d'eau Desrosiers, ruisseau Lefebvre, cours d'eau Lobsiger. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upstream) ruisseau Marconi, ruisseau Sarrazin, ruisseau Kelly, ruisseau Méderic-Brochu, ruisseau Girard, cours d'eau Ménard. |
The Saint-Germain River is a tributary of the Saint-François River. It flows in Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), north-west in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. This river crosses the municipalities of: l'Avenir, Durham-Sud, Lefebvre, Wickham, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham and Drummondville.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Saint-Germain river are:
The Saint-Germain river draws its water from the heads of various streams flowing in agricultural zones and crossing some forest islets, in the municipality of L'Avenir. The head of the river is located southwest of highway 55.
Upper course of the river (segment of)
The Saint-Germain river flows in an agricultural zone on:
Lower course of the Saint-Germain river (segment of)
From route 139, the Saint-Germain river flows over:
The Saint-Germain river empties on the west bank of the Saint-François River at upstream of the "pont des Voltigeurs" (highway 20) and downstream from the "Traverse Bridge" (route 122). Its mouth is located in the area of the golf course.[1]
The old toponyms of the river are: "Rivière Noire" and "Rivière Prévost". The variants of indigenous origin (used by the Abenaki) designating this river are: "Naskategwantekw" or Naskategwantegw, meaning "the serpentine river".
The toponym "Rivière Saint-Germain" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]