Английская Википедия:Creuse River (Petite rivière du Chêne)
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Шаблон:Infobox river The Creuse river (in French: rivière Creuse) is a tributary of the east bank of the Petite rivière du Chêne which flows onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Creuse river flows through the municipalities of Villeroy (MRC de L'Érable Regional County Municipality), Sainte-Françoise and Fortierville, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Creuse river are:
- north side: Petite rivière du Chêne, rivière aux Ormes, northern arm of Rivière aux Ormes, stream L'Espérance, rivière du Chêne, St. Lawrence River;
- east side: Chêne river;
- south side: Petite rivière du Chêne, Gentilly River, rivière du Moulin, Bécancour River;
- west side: Petite rivière du Chêne, St. Lawrence River, rivière aux Orignaux, rivière aux Glaises.
The Creuse River originates north of the Villeroy rest area of the highway 20, near exit 253. This head area is located at Шаблон:Convert west of the center of the village of Val-Alain, at Шаблон:Convert north of the village of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Шаблон:Convert east of the center of the village of Villeroy.
From its source, the Creuse river flows over Шаблон:Convert, with a drop of Шаблон:Convert, divided into the following segments:
- Шаблон:Convert north-west, up to the 16th rang west road that it crosses at Шаблон:Convert north-east of the center from the village of Villeroy;
- Шаблон:Convert westward, passing the north side of the village of Villeroy, to route 265;
- Шаблон:Convert towards the north-west, passing to the south-west of an experimental farm, up to the municipal limit between Villeroy and Sainte-Françoise;
- Шаблон:Convert north-west to a country road;
- Шаблон:Convert north-west, up to a road from tenth and 11th rang;
- Шаблон:Convert north-west, winding up to the municipal limit between Sainte-Françoise and Fortierville;
- Шаблон:Convert towards the west, winding up to the ninth rang road;
- Шаблон:Convert towards the west, winding up to its confluence.[1]
The Creuse river flows onto the east bank of the Petite rivière du Chêne. Its confluence is located at the limit of Rang Frontenac and Rang Saint-Alphonse, at the limit between the municipalities of Fortierville, and Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard. This confluence is located Шаблон:Convert downstream from the road bridge of the rang Saint-Agathe and at Шаблон:Convert (or Шаблон:Convert online direct) from the confluence of the Rivière aux Ormes. It is also located Шаблон:Convert southwest of the village center of Fortierville and Шаблон:Convert northeast of the village center of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard.
Toponymy
The toponym “Rivière Creuse” was made official on December 18, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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