Rivière de la Ferme | |
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: | Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Agricultural streams |
Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
Mouth Location: | Bécancour |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Beaudet |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Lemarier, ruisseau Mailhot |
The rivière de la Ferme (in English: Farm river) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows in the territory of the town of Bécancour, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Rivière de la Ferme are:
The Rivière de la Ferme has its source in an agricultural zone to the south of the village of Gentilly and to the north of the Gentilly river.
From its head area, the Ferme River flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Rivière de la Ferme flows into La Petite Anse opposite the Gentilly flats on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Its confluence is located to the west of the village of Gentilly and to the west of the town of Bécancour.
The toponym Rivière de la Ferme was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]