Rivière des Poitras

Rivière des Poitras
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCMontmagny Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForest streams
 • locationSaint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
 • coordinates46°52′47″N 70°33′30″W / 46.879815°N 70.558415°W / 46.879815; -70.558415
 • elevation236 metres (774 ft)
MouthMorigeau River
 • location
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
 • coordinates
46°52′02″N 70°39′14″W / 46.86722°N 70.65388°W / 46.86722; -70.65388
 • elevation
104 metres (341 ft)
Length12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionMorigeau River, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

The rivière des Poitras is a tributary of the south bank of the Morigeau River which flows on the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Poitras river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.