The Rivière aux Outardes Est is a tributary of the rivière aux Outardes. This cross-border river between Canada and the United States crosses:
Rivière aux Outardes Est | |
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Location | |
Country | United States, Canada |
State - Province | New York State, Quebec |
Region | Clinton County, New York (New York State), Montérégie (Quebec) |
Region | Clinton County, New York, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Clinton County, New York, New York State, United States |
Mouth | |
• location | Ormstown, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada |
• elevation | 40 metres (130 ft) |
Length | 28.7 kilometres (17.8 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rivière aux Outardes - Chateauguay River - Saint Lawrence River |
River system | Saint Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) Discharge of a set of lakes, Mitchel stream, discharge of five lakes, unidentified stream, unidentified transboundary stream, stream. |
• right | (upstream) Unidentified stream, discharge from a small lake, discharge from a small lake, stream, stream. |
In Canada, the East Outardes River valley is mainly served by (from the mouth): the Rivière-aux-Outardes road, the Montée de Rockburn, the Gore road, the Williams road rang des Botreaux, chemin du rang Dumas, Montée Sharpe, chemin du 8e rang, chemin Wilson, route 202, route 209 and chemin from Covey Hill.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
The East Bustard River begins at a small forest lake in Clinton County, in New York State, just south of the border. This source is located 0.2 kilometres (0.12 mi) south of the Canada-United States border.
From this small head lake, the course of the East Outardes River flows over 28.7 kilometres (17.8 mi) with a drop of 270 metres (890 ft), according to the following segments:
The Rivière aux Outardes Est generally flows into an agricultural zone, crossing forest islets, to flow onto the south bank of the Rivière aus Outardes. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the East Outardes river, the current follows the course of the Outardes river on 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi); then the course of the Châteauguay river on 41.0 kilometres (25.5 mi) to the south shore of lake Saint-Louis (Saint-Laurent river).[1]
The toponym "Rivière aux Outardes Est" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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