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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
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Regional County MunicipalityPortneuf Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitiesSainte-Christine-d'Auvergne
Physical characteristics
SourcePerthius Lake
  locationSainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality
  coordinates46°50′22″N 72°03′24″W
  elevation224 m (735 ft)
MouthJacquot River
  location
Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne
  coordinates
46°50′26″N 71°58′51″W
  elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Length11.3 km (7.0 mi)
Basin size777.39 hectares (1,921.0 acres)
Discharge 
  locationSainte-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.


Geography


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]


Toponymy


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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