Rivière du Moulin (Deschambault-Grondines)

Rivière du Moulin
River and Vieux moulin Hamelin (flour mill in the Faubourg), Grondines
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Regional County MunicipalityPortneuf Regional County Municipality
MunicipalityDeschambault-Grondines
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of two streams
  locationPortneuf
  coordinates46°35′12″N 72°03′25″W / 46.58667°N 72.05707°W / 46.58667; -72.05707
  elevation38
MouthSaint Lawrence River
  location
Deschambault-Grondines
  coordinates
46°37′28″N 72°04′37″W / 46.624422°N 72.07694°W / 46.624422; -72.07694
  elevation
5 m
Length13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(Upward from the mouth) Unidentified stream
  right(Upward from the mouth) Rivière des Étangs, branche de la Savane Claire.

The rivière du Moulin is a tributary of the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river, descending in the municipality of Deschambault-Grondines, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Moulin river valley is mainly served by the route 138 which runs along the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River and the route 363 (route Guilbault) which is perpendicular to the north bank of the river.

Agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second.

The surface of the Moulin river (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.