Saint-Casimir, Quebec in the context of "Frost weathering"

Frost weathering is a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice. The term serves as an umbrella term for a variety of processes, such as frost shattering, frost wedging, and cryofracturing. The process may act on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, from minutes to years and from dislodging mineral grains to fracturing boulders. It is most pronounced in high-altitude and high-latitude areas and is especially associated with alpine, periglacial, subpolar maritime, and polar climates, but may occur anywhere at sub-freezing temperatures (between −3 and −8 °C (27 and 18 °F)) if water is present.

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, or simply St. Lawrence Lowlands, is a physiographic region of Eastern Canada that comprises a section of southern Ontario bounded on the north by the Canadian Shield and by three of the Great Lakes — Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario — and extends along the St. Lawrence River to the Strait of Belle Isle and the Atlantic Ocean. The lowlands comprise three sub-regions that were created by intrusions from adjacent physiographic regions — the West Lowland, Central Lowland and East Lowland. The West Lowland includes the Niagara Escarpment, extending from the Niagara River to the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. The Central Lowland stretches between the Ottawa River and the St. Lawrence River. The East Lowland includes Anticosti Island, Îles de Mingan, and extends to the Strait of Belle Isle.

The St. Lawrence Lowlands is one of the most densely populated, prosperous and productive regions in Canada. Major urban areas include Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau and Quebec City.

Noire River (French: Rivière Noire, pronounced [ʁivjɛʁ nwaʁ]) is one of the main watercourses of the Sainte-Anne River (Les Chenaux) watershed, it measures 62 km in length, its watershed has an area of 568 km².

The main sources of the Noire River are Long (Saint-Alban) and Clair (Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne) lakes, it flows into the waters of the Sainte-Anne River in Saint-Casimir, Quebec municipality.

Trou du Diable (French pronunciation: [tʁu dy djabl], Devil's Hole) is a cave situated in Portneuf Regional Natural Park, St-Casimir Municipality, Portneuf RCM, Capital Nationale, Quebec, Canada.