{{short description|River in Estrie, Quebec (Canada)}} {{Infobox river | name = Pat River | native_name ={{native name|fr|Rivière à Pat}} | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = RiviereWeedon.jpg | image_caption = Weedon steam downstream from Vaseux Lake. | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Quebec | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Estrie | subdivision_type4 = MRC | subdivision_name4 = Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality | subdivision_type5 = Municipality | subdivision_name5 = Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length_km = 18.4 | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Agricultural streams | source1_location = Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick | source1_coordinates= {{coord|45.876523|-72.112423|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|118|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = Nicolet Southwest River | mouth_location = Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|45.96444|-72.23528|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|83|m|ft|abbr=on}} | progression = Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left =(upstream) ruisseau Lampron-Raiche. | tributaries_right =(upstream) ruisseau Lainesse, ruisseau Laroche, ruisseau Fafard, | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Pat River''' ({{lang|fr|Rivière à Pat}}) is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
== Geography ==
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Pat river are: * north side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River; * east side: Nicolet River, rivière des Rosiers; * south side: Léon-Gélinas stream, Dubuc stream, Nicolet Southwest River; * west side: Nicolet Southwest River.
The Rivière à Pat originates from various streams in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, very close to the limit of the municipality of Kingsey Falls.
From its source, Pat's River flows on {{convert|18.4|km}} in the following segments: * {{convert|3.7|km}} north-west, in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, to the intermunicipal limit of Sainte-Séraphine; * {{convert|4.8|km}} north, passing {{convert|2.2|km}} east of the village of Sainte-Séraphine, up to the road to seventh rank; * {{convert|4.8|km}} north-west, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton; * {{convert|5.1|km}} westward to its confluence, of which {{convert|2.8|km}} in Sainte-Séraphine, {{convert|2.0|km}} in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, {{convert|0.6|km}} in Sainte-Séraphine and {{convert|1.7|km}} in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.<ref name=Toporama>{{cite web|url=http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html|title=Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada|quote=Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>
The Rivière à Pat drains on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located {{convert|1.6|km}} upstream from Île Lemire and upstream from the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.
== Toponymy == The toponym "Rivière à Pat" was formalized on September 5, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.<ref>[http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=149594 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière à Pat"].</ref>
== See also == * Lake Saint-Pierre * List of rivers of Quebec
== References == {{Reflist}} {{GeoGroup}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pat, river}} Category:Rivers of Centre-du-Québec Category:Arthabaska Regional County Municipality