Rivière du Moulin (Chaudière River tributary)
Appearance
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Rivière du Moulin | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
MRC | Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams of third and fourth rang |
• location | Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce |
• coordinates | 45°52′34″N 70°33′04″W / 45.876°N 70.551°W |
• elevation | 422 metres (1,385 ft) |
Mouth | Chaudière River |
• location | Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce |
• coordinates | 45°52′40″N 70°37′30″W / 45.87778°N 70.625°W |
• elevation | 241 metres (791 ft) |
Length | 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River system | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The rivière du Moulin (in English: Mill River) is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River, which flows northward to empty on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]