Rivière aux Ormes | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
Mouth: | Huron River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Janvier-de-Joly |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) branche Coulombe, branche Rémi-Plante |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière aux Ormes (in English: Elm River) is a tributary of the east bank of the Huron River which constitutes a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The Ormes river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Flavien, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly and Val-Alain, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Ormes river are:
The Ormes River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Flavien, north of the village, near the Pointe du Jour road.
From its source, the Rivière aux Ormes flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Ormes River "flows into a bend in the river on the south bank of the Huron River in the municipality of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly. This confluence is located opposite the municipality of Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière.
The toponym Rivière aux Ormes was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]