L'Assomption River

L'Assomption River
Rivière L'Assomption
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionLanaudière
Physical characteristics
SourceL'Assomption Lake
 • locationSaint-Guillaume-Nord
 • coordinates46°27′45″N 74°03′16″W / 46.46250°N 74.05444°W / 46.46250; -74.05444
MouthRivière des Prairies
 • location
Repentigny
 • coordinates
45°42′52″N 73°28′51″W / 45.71444°N 73.48083°W / 45.71444; -73.48083
Length200 km (120 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationRivière des Prairies

The Assomption River (in French Rivière l'Assomption, named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of 4,220 square kilometres (1,630 sq mi). Its source is the Mont Tremblant massif. Seven significant rivers flow into the Assomption (de la Boule, Versailles, Noire, la Chaloupe, Ouareau, Saint-Esprit, and Achigan) before it flows into the Rivière des Prairies at Repentigny, Quebec.

About 150,000 people live in the drainage area of this river.