The Richelieu River is a river in Quebec, Canada. It flows from the north end of Lake Champlain about 171 km (106 miles) north, ending at the confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec downstream and northeast of Montreal. It has a drainage basin of 23,400 square kilometres (9,000 sq mi), of which 19,600 km2 (7,600 sq mi) are in the United States originating in the northeastern faces of the Berkshire Hills and Green Mountains and the eastern slopes of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State and so has a mean discharge of 330 cubic metres per second (12,000 cu ft/s)[1]. St. Jean, Chambly, and Sorel are important communities on its route.
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