Английская Википедия:Blanche River (Montmorency River tributary)
Шаблон:Other uses Шаблон:Infobox river The Rivière Blanche (English: White River) is a tributary of the east bank of the Montmorency River. It flows in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.[1]
This valley is served by two secondary forest roads going up each side of the course of the river; a third forest road serves the upper part. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; second, recreational tourism.
Because of its altitude, the surface of the upper part of the Blanche River is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The lower part of the river course has a freezing period of about a week less than the upper part. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
Geography
The Blanche River rises in Lac la Blanche (length: Шаблон:Convert; altitude: Шаблон:Convert). The mouth of this lake is located at:
- Шаблон:Convert south-east of the limit of Montmorency Forest;
- Шаблон:Convert south of the limit of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve;
- Шаблон:Convert west of the course of the Rivière des Neiges;
- Шаблон:Convert south-east of the summit of André-Lafond Mountain (altitude: Шаблон:Convert);
- Шаблон:Convert north-east of the mouth of the Blanche river and the Montmorency River;
- Шаблон:Convert east of Route 175, connecting the town of Quebec to the town of Saguenay;
- Шаблон:Convert northwest of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River.
From the mouth of Lac la Blanche, the Blanche river descends on Шаблон:Convert, with a drop of Шаблон:Convert according to the following segments:
- Шаблон:Convert north-west in an increasingly steep valley, passing between two mountains and entering Montmorency Forest, up to a bend in the river;
- Шаблон:Convert south-west in a valley between two mountains, to the outlet (coming from the west) of Lac Bédard;
- Шаблон:Convert first towards the south in a deep valley, forming a large S between two mountains, collecting two streams (coming from the east); then south-west in a steep drop by collecting a stream (coming from the east), to its mouth.[2]
From the confluence of the Blanche river, the current flows over Шаблон:Convert generally south by the course of the Montmorency River, to the northwest bank of the St. Lawrence River.[2]
Toponymy
The toponyms "Rivière Blanche" and "Lac la Blanche" (head lake) are linked.
The toponym "rivière Blanche" was formalized on March 28, 1974 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]
See also
- La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
- Montmorency Forest
- Montmorency River
- List of rivers of Quebec
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