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5 de may. de 2024 · St. Lawrence River, hydrographic system of east-central North America. It starts at the outflow of Lake Ontario and leads into the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme east of Canada, opening much of the interior of the North American continent.
The St. Lawrence River (French: Fleuve Saint-Laurent [flœv sɛ̃lɔʁɑ̃]) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean.
17 de jul. de 2021 · St. Lawrence River flowing past Montreal, Canada. The St. Lawrence River measures 1,197 kilometres, or 744 miles long. The river was named by explorer Jacques Cartier who sailed up the river on the Feast of St. Lawrence. The river was once a glacier-filled depression, which filled as the ice flow receded.
7 de feb. de 2006 · The St. Lawrence River is a grand river and estuary, which together with the Great Lakes forms a hydrographic system that penetrates 3,058 km into North America. The river proper, about 1,197 km long, issues from Lake Ontario, flows northeast past Montreal and Quebec City to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This vast river is responsible for draining more than 25% of the Earth’s freshwater reserves and hosts an abundance of animal and plant species. The St. Lawrence is a vital and versatile waterway and the gateway between the Great Lakes and the North Atlantic.
250 m (820 ft) Avg. discharge. 10,400 m³/s (367,328 cu ft/s) Basin area. 1,030,000 km² (397,683 sq mi) The Saint Lawrence River and Seaway System is a large hydrographic system in east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent and providing the primary drainage of the Great Lakes Basin.
It connects the North River (source of the St. Louis River, in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which flows into Lake Superior) with Cabot Strait, leading into the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme east of Canada, crossing the interior of the North American continent for some 2,500 miles (4,000 km).
