Yamaska River

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Yamaska River (Rivière Yamaska)
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regions	Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec
Major city	Saint-Hyacinthe
Length	160 km (99 mi)
Watershed	4,784 km² (1,847 sq mi)
Discharge at	Lac Saint-Pierre
- average	83 m³/s (2,931 cu ft/s)
Source	Lac Brome
- location	Lac-Brome, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	45°15′N 72°31′W / 45.25, -72.517
- elevation	194 m (636 ft)
- length	6 km (4 mi)
Mouth
- location	Saint-François-du-Lac, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	46°06′50″N 72°56′13″W / 46.11389, -72.93694

The Yamaska River is a river in southern Quebec, Canada. Its name comes from the Abenaki language meaning "where rushes grow", referring to the marsh at river's mouth (Lavallière Bay).

Its source is the Sutton Mountains region of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. It flows north-west to Farnham and from there north to the Saint Lawrence River at Sorel-Tracy. Altogether it is 177 km (110 mile) long with a drainage basin of 4784 square kilometres.

Among its main tributaries are the Centre Yamaska and North Yamaska Rivers.

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