Perdrix River (Bécancour River tributary)

The Perdrix River (in French: rivière Perdrix) is a tributary of the Noire River which is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Laurierville, Plessisville (parish) and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Perdrix River
Rivière Noire in the Grandes-Coulées regional park
Native nameRivière Perdrix (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
MRCL'Érable Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural Streams
  locationLaurierville
  coordinates46.30299°N 71.712656°W / 46.30299; -71.712656
  elevation139 m (456 ft)
MouthNoire River
  location
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
  coordinates
46.30083°N 71.78972°W / 46.30083; -71.78972
  elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Length7.9 km (4.9 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionNoire River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream)
  right(upstream)

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Perdrix river are:

The Perdrix river has its source at the limit in the municipality of Laurierville. This zone is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) south of the Bécancour River, 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of the center of the village of Laurierville.

From its head area, the Perdrix River flows over 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) divided into the following segments:

  • 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) westward, up to the limit of the municipality of Plessisville (parish);
  • 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) north-west, up to the municipal limit of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes;
  • 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) west, up to the mouth.[1]

The Perdrix river empties on the east bank of the Noire River (Bécancour River tributary) at 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Barbue River and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) upstream of the (route 265) bridge from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.

Toponymy

The partridge (in French: Perdrix) is a very common wild bird species in Canada.

The toponym "rivière Perdrix" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

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