Rivière des Vases (Nicolet River tributary)

The Rivière des Vases flows through the municipalities of Ham-Nord and Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the region from Centre-du-Québec, to Quebec, to Canada.

The neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Vases river are: The "rivière des Vases" has its source north of "La Montagne" in the township municipality of Ham-Nord, almost at the limit of the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens.

From its source, the "Rivière des Vases", the river flows over 12.9 kilometres (8.0 mi) in the following segments: The Rivière des Vases flows on the east bank of the Nicolet River in Ham-Nord, downstream from the hamlet "village-des-Chutes" and upstream from the hamlet "Notre-Dame-de- Ham".

The hydronym "Rivière des Vases" originates from a zone of mud near the confluence of the Demers stream and the "Rivière des Vases".

The term vase refers to the siltation of a place by: The toponym "rivière des Vases" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.