What is L'Assomption River?
[[Image:Rivière_l'Assomption_(Saint-Jean-de-Matha)_2005-08-22.jpg|300px|thumb| Assomption River at [[Chutes Monte-à-Peine Park]] in [[Matawinie Regional County Municipality, Quebec]].]] The '''Assomption River''' (in French ''{{lang|fr|Rivière l'Assomption}}'', named after the [[Assumption of Mary]]) is the most important [[waterway]] in the [[Lanaudière]] region of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It is over {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. It has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|4220|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It flows from the [[Mont Tremblant]] massif. Seven significant rivers flow into the Assomption (de la Boule, Versailles, Noire, la Chaloupe, Ouareau, Saint-Esprit, and Achigan) before it flows into the [[Rivière des Prairies]] at [[Repentigny, Quebec]]. About 150000 people live in the drainage area of this river. {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Rivers of Canada]] [[Category:Geography of Quebec]]