Le Petit Bras (Le Gros Bras tributary)

Le Petit Bras
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Regional County MunicipalityCharlevoix Regional County Municipality
Unorganized territory and municipalitySaint-Urbain
Physical characteristics
SourceLac du Bras
  locationSaint-Urbain
  coordinates47°31′46″N 70°42′19″W / 47.52945°N 70.70526°W / 47.52945; -70.70526
  elevation805 m (2,641 ft)
MouthLe Gros Bras
  location
Saint-Urbain
  coordinates
47°34′18″N 70°33′02″W / 47.57167°N 70.55055°W / 47.57167; -70.55055
  elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Length18.1 km (11.2 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upstream from the mouth) Discharge from a small lake, unidentified stream, stream at Pois, discharge from Lake Simard, stream from Monts, stream Gagnon, discharge from a group of small lakes.
  right(upstream from the mouth) Discharge from a small lake, discharge from a small lake, two streams, discharge from two small lakes, stream, discharge from two small lakes, stream.

Le Petit Bras is a tributary of the southwest bank of the lower part of the watercourse Le Gros Bras, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The lower part of this valley is mainly served by Chemin des Pointes and by Chemin du rang Saint-François which becomes Rue Saint-Édouard in the village of Saint-Urbain. The rest of the valley is served by a few forest roads. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the lower part of Le Petit Bras is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The upper part of this stream has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April.