Rivière des Saults
| Rivière des Saults | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| MRC | Drummond Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of two brooks |
| • location | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover |
| • coordinates | 45°54′50″N 72°23′10″W / 45.91383°N 72.38619°W |
| • elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Mouth | Nicolet Southwest River |
• location | Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
• coordinates | 46°01′37″N 72°29′18″W / 46.02694°N 72.48833°W |
• elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Length | 24.1 km (15.0 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau des Généreux, ruisseau Poirier, La Branche Sud. |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau Therrien, ruisseau Saint-Pierre, ruisseau Delage, ruisseau non identifié. |
The rivière des Saults (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ de so], "Saults river") is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Except for the first 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.