Vallée River Explained

Vallée River
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Administrative region
Subdivision Name3:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type4:RCM
Subdivision Name4:La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Source1:Agricultural streams
Source1 Location:Saint-Elzéar
Mouth:Chaudière River
Mouth Location:Saint-Marie-de-Beauce
Progression:Chaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream)

The Vallée River (in French: rivière Vallée) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Siante-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Vallée river are:

The Vallée river has its source in a mountainous area, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar. This head area is located west of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of Chaudière River and northeast of Mont-Sainte-Marguerite.

From its source, the Vallée River flows over in agricultural and forest areas, divided into the following segments:

The Vallée river empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. This confluence is located upstream from Île Perreault, downstream from the bridge in the village of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and upstream of the Scott bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Vallée was formalized on August 8, 1977, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-05.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?No_seq=81734 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Vallée".