The American River is a tributary of the Jacquot River flowing in the municipality of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
Américaine River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
Regional County Municipality | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
Municipalities | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Perthius Lake |
• location | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
• coordinates | 46°50′22″N 72°03′24″W |
• elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
Mouth | Jacquot River |
• location | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
• coordinates | 46°50′26″N 71°58′51″W |
• elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
Length | 11.3 km (7.0 mi) |
Basin size | 777.39 hectares (1,921.0 acres) |
Discharge | |
• location | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (Upward from the mouth) Le Gros Ruisseau (décharge du lac à Théodore), décharge du Lac Praxède, décharge du Lac Écarté. |
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreotourism activities, second.[1]
The surface of the American river (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The American River originates from Lake Perthuis (length: 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi); altitude 224 metres (735 ft)).[1]
The mouth of this lake is located at:
From the mouth of Lake Perthuis, the course of the Jacquot River flows over 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi) with a drop of 84 metres (276 ft), according to the following segments:
After several streamers at the bottom of a valley between two mountains, including the mountain at Jeannot, the American river flows in a bend on the southwest bank of the Jacquot River at:
From there, the current descends on 55.0 kilometres (34.2 mi) generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne River, until on the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1][2]
The toponym "American River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]
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