Rouge River | |
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Native name | Rivière Rouge (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Administrative region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
RCM | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Lévis (City) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Saint-Agapit |
• coordinates | 46°34′32″N 71°27′54″W / 46.575501°N 71.4650°W |
• elevation | 131 metres (430 ft) |
Mouth | Beaurivage River |
• location | Saint-Sylvestre |
• coordinates | 46°36′57″N 71°21′45″W / 46.61583°N 71.3625°W |
• elevation | 97 metres (318 ft) |
Length | 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The Rivière Rouge (in English: Red River) is a tributary of the west shore of Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Agapit and Saint-Apollinaire in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.