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River are the
Desmeules, Deschênes and Champion rivers, which drain the northeast, southeast and southwest parts of the watershed. The Bouleau waterfall on the Rapides River is above its confluence with the Desmeules River. There are three waterfalls in the lower section of the river between the outlet of Lake Rapides and the river mouth, the Outarde at 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi), the Grosse Chute at 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) and the Cran de Fer at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) from the mouth.
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The rivers and streams in the northern plateau follow angular courses dictated by fractures in the bedrock, which are fairly rectilinear and constrained by narrow valleys. Downstream the watercourses meander in the soft deposits of the piedmont and coastal plain. The main tributaries of the
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Most of the watershed is on a high plateau with deep valleys in which steep slopes can rise for more than 300 metres (980 ft). The highest point is at an altitude of 716 metres (2,349 ft) in the north of the watershed. The piedmont area between the coastal plan and the plateau is about 4
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The
Rapides River flows from north to south for 48 kilometres (30 mi), falling from an altitude of 640 metres (2,100 ft) to sea level. The river mouth forms a small bay 200 metres (660 ft) wide and 400 metres (1,300 ft) long that opens into the Sept Îles Bay past Père-Conan
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Rapides at 9.3 square kilometres (3.6 sq mi), Lake Rapides at 7.8 square kilometres (3.0 sq mi), Lake Curot at 6.2 square kilometres (2.4 sq mi), Lake Tortellier at 3.3 square kilometres
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A gauging station 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the
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kilometres (2.5 mi) wide. It contains rounded rocky hills up to 250 metres (820 ft) high. The coastal plain in the south is less than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, and is fairly flat, rising to about 60 metres (200 ft) of elevation.
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Rapides River basin cover 573 square kilometres (221 sq mi). It is elongated along a north–south axis, 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and 10–20 kilometres (6.2–12.4 mi) wide. It lies between the basins of the
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Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec
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binoculars. There is a miniature village for children.
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701:(in French), Québec. Département des terres et forêts
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605:"Parc Aylmer-Whittom – Rivière des Rapides"
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684:(in French), Ressources naturelles Canada
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649:(in French), OBV Duplessis, April 2015
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417:Populus balsamifera
409:Populus tremuloides
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867:Zec Trinité
792:Clarke City
611:(in French)
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397:paper birch
371:Environment
317:anorthosite
298:Zec Matimek
272:labradorite
250:Description
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1177:Matimekosh
1167:Maliotenam
1157:La Romaine
842:Lac-Walker
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313:migmatite
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223:Côte-Nord
82:Côte-Nord
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995:Nipissis
309:magmatic
233:Location
70:Province
57:Location
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1002:Matamec
985:Rapides
963:Pasteur
943:Riverin
933:Trinité
597:Sources
62:Country
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1182:Mingan
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1028:Arthur
990:Moisie
958:Schmon
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268:norite
264:Quebec
213:French
190:Length
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78:Region
73:Quebec
65:Canada
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