St. Lawrence River
Major river in eastern Canada and the United States, flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The St. Lawrence River (French: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, [flœv sɛ̃lɔʁɑ̃]) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a roughly northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting the North American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. The river traverses the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the U.S. state of New York, and demarcates part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States. It also provides the foundation for the commercial St. Lawrence Seaway.
St. Lawrence River | |
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Etymology | Saint Lawrence of Rome Various other etymologies |
Location | |
Country | Canada, United States |
Provinces | Ontario, Quebec |
State | New York |
Territories | Anishinaabewaki; Haudenosaunee Countries; Nitaskinan; Nionwentsïo; Nitassinan; Dawnland Countries |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Ontario |
• location | Kingston, Ontario / Cape Vincent, New York |
• coordinates | 44°06′N 76°24′W |
• elevation | 74.7 m (245 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of St. Lawrence / Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Quebec, Canada |
• coordinates | 49°30′N 64°30′W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 500 km (310 mi) excluding the estuary. C. 928 km if included. |
Basin size | 1,344,200 km2 (519,000 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | below the Saguenay River[2] |
• average | 16,800 m3/s (590,000 cu ft/s)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Quebec City |
• average | 12,101 m3/s (427,300 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Montréal |
• average | 10,000 m3/s (350,000 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 17,000 m3/s (600,000 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Lake Ontario, Kingston |
• average | 7,410 m3/s (262,000 cu ft/s) |
The St. Lawrence River has been named the best bass fishery in the world by Bassmaster Magazine’s 100 Best Bass Lakes in 2022. [3]