• Source: Rouge River (Noire River tributary)

The Rouge river" target="_blank">River (in French: Rivière Rouge) is a tributary of the Noire river" target="_blank">River (Yamaska river" target="_blank">River tributary). It flows in the municipalities of Bonsecours and Lawrenceville, in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence river" target="_blank">River, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada.




Geography


The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Red river" target="_blank">River are:

north side: Noire river" target="_blank">River (Yamaska river" target="_blank">River tributary), brook Brenda;
east side: Bowker lake, rivière aux Herbages;
south side: Noire river" target="_blank">River (Yamaska river" target="_blank">River tributary);
west side: Noire river" target="_blank">River (Yamaska river" target="_blank">River tributary).
The Red river" target="_blank">River begins at the confluence of two mountain streams located northwest of the village of Bonsecours, west of Bowker lake, southwest of Mont Florence-Louise-Bradford and north of route 220.
The course of the Red river" target="_blank">River descends on:

3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southwesterly to route 220 which it crosses at 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east of center of the village of Bonsecours;
1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) southwest to a stream (coming from the village of Bonsecours);
5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) north-west, passing south of the village of Bonsecours, to route 220 which the crossing at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the center of the village of Bonsecours;
2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north-west to the route 243 bridge which passes through the village of Lawrenceville
2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) towards the north-west, to its mouth.
The Red river" target="_blank">River empties on the east bank of the Noire river" target="_blank">River in the territory of the municipality of Lawrenceville, at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-west of the center of this village and 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) north-east of the center of the village of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle.




Toponymy


The toponym "Rivière Rouge" was officially registered on March 19, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.




See also



List of rivers of Quebec




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Rouge River (Noire River tributary)
• Noire River (Yamaska River tributary)
• Noire River (Sainte-Anne River tributary)
• List of rivers of Quebec
• Noire River (Huron River tributary)
• Noire River (Beaurivage River tributary)
• Rouge River (Beaurivage River tributary)
• List of rivers of Arkansas
• Noire River (rivière aux Pommes)
• Huron River (rivière du Chêne tributary)