Rivière des Poitras
| Rivière des Poitras | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Montmagny Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Forest streams |
| • location | Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud |
| • coordinates | 46°52′47″N 70°33′30″W / 46.879815°N 70.558415°W |
| • elevation | 236 metres (774 ft) |
| Mouth | Morigeau River |
• location | Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud |
• coordinates | 46°52′02″N 70°39′14″W / 46.86722°N 70.65388°W |
• elevation | 104 metres (341 ft) |
| Length | 12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Morigeau 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.