The Henri River (in French: rivière Henri) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Henri River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Dosquet, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Val-Alain and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Henri River | |
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Native name | Rivière Henri (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural and forest streams |
• location | Saint-Gilles |
• coordinates | 46.4925°N 71.78611°W / 46.4925; -71.78611 |
• elevation | 151 metres (495 ft) |
Mouth | Rivière du Chêne |
• location | Bécancour |
• coordinates | 46.49258°N 71.78551°W / 46.49258; -71.78551 |
• elevation | 70 metres (230 ft) |
Length | 50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) ruisseau de l'Ours, calvette à la Vache, ruisseau Côté-Roy, ruisseau Cayer-Paré, ruisseau Desharnais. |
• right | (upstream) rivière aux Cèdres, rivière aux Frênes, ruisseau Corbeil, ruisseau Lavigne, ruisseau Breton-Laroche, Jean-Houde River, ruisseau Perron. |
The main neighboring watersheds of the Henri River are:
The Henri River takes its source on the west side of a marsh area in a forest zone in the southern part of the municipality of Saint-Gilles. This head zone is located on the west side of a marsh zone at the limit of Saint-Gilles and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The head area of the river is located 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) northeast of the village of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) at the west of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.
The course of the Henri river goes down with a drop of 81 metres (266 ft), on 50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi) according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Henri River (segment of 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi))
From its source, the Henri River flows over 50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi) divided into the following segments:
Lower part of the Henri River (segment of 26.7 kilometres (16.6 mi))
From route 116, the Henri river flows over:
The Henri river empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the locality "Les Trois-Fourches".
The toponym Rivière Henri was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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