Estuary of St. Lawrence
Body of water at the mouth of the St. Lawrence river, in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St. Lawrence Estuary stretches from west to east for 655 km, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to pointe des Monts,[1] where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada.
St. Lawrence Estuary Estuaire du Saint-Laurent (in French) | |
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Etymology | Saint Lawrence of Rome |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Saint Lawrence River |
• location | Lake Saint-Pierre, Trois-Rivières |
• coordinates | 46°16′17″N 72°38′5″W |
Mouth | Gulf of St. Lawrence / Atlantic Ocean |
• location | Pointe des Monts |
• coordinates | 49°08′N 67°14′W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Discharge | |
• location | below the Saint Lawrence River |
The estuary is divided into 3 parts, the fluvial estuary, the middle estuary and the maritime estuary.[1][2] The waters coming from the north shore of the St. Lawrence and Labrador come mainly from the Canadian Shield.[3]
Among the deepest and largest estuaries in the world, the St. Lawrence maritime estuary extends nearly 250 km before it widens at Point-des-Monts into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This enclosed sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by Cabot Strait and the Strait of Belle-Isle.