Rivière aux Ours | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
Regional County Municipality | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Saint-Raymond |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Swamp area |
• location | Saint-Raymond |
• coordinates | 46°51′51″N 71°50′37″W / 46.86430°N 71.84351°W |
• elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
Mouth | Talayarde River |
• location | Saint-Raymond |
• coordinates | 46°50′13″N 71°52′39″W / 46.83694°N 71.8775°W |
• elevation | 129 m (423 ft) |
Length | 6.6 km (4.1 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (Upward from the mouth) Unidentified stream, discharge from Plamondon lake, discharge from an unidentified lake, discharge from an unidentified lake. |
• right | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of two small unidentified lakes. |
The rivière aux Ours is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river flowing in the municipality of Saint-Raymond, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
The small valley of the Rivière aux Ours is served by the Corcoran road and the Chute-Panet road which runs along the south and east bank of the Sainte-Anne river, for the needs of agriculture, forestry and residents of the sector. [1]
The main economic activities of the sector are agriculture and forestry. [1]
The surface of the Bear River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
The Bear River has its source at the mouth in a marsh area (length: 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi); altitude 154 metres (505 ft)) located on the south side of the Pionniers Industrial Park at Saint-Raymond. This source is located at:
From its source, the Bear River flows over 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) especially in forest areas, sometimes agricultural, with a drop of 25 metres (82 ft), according to the following segments:
The Bear River flows at the end of a bend on the south bank of the Sainte-Anne River. This confluence is located at:
From this confluence, the current descends on 69.1 kilometres (42.9 mi) generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, to the northwest bank of the Saint Lawrence river. [1]
The toponym "Rivière aux Ours" was formalized on August 17, 1978, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]